Identifying risks
Explain change-related elements in the project management plan

Involving stakeholders even before all the changes brought about by the project have been identified entails certain risks:

• Lack of time, resources or other priorities to involve stakeholders sufficiently;

• insufficient involvement of stakeholders due to a lack of understanding of the rationale for change and, at worst, passive or active resistance to the planned change;

• insufficient management of stakeholder contributions, leading to a lack of alignment with the objectives of detailed definition and implementation in the field;

• in the operational phase, only partial use or abandonment of all or part of the changes and a partial return to the previous situation;

• non-involvement or rejection of change due to emotional factors, such as fear and feelings of incompetence in adapting to change.