Best Practices for Socializing Business Process Improvement Initiatives To ensure buy-in at all levels of the organization, Gina Abudi advocates socializing Business Process Improvement Initiatives prior to the actual start of a project. In this Article, she provides steps to take to develop an organization-wide communication plan and techniques for socializing the initiative, including strategies […]
Gina Abudi
Gina Abudi, MBA has over 25 years of experience providing consulting and education/training with a focus on projects, processes and people to mid- to large, global organizations. She is President of Abudi Consulting Group, LLC and an adjunct faculty member at a number of local colleges and universities. Gina’s work in change management includes strategic planning of change initiatives, project management of change initiatives, and overall collaborating with organizations to plan for successful change through understanding the impact of the change on the organization as well as (and possibly even more importantly) on the individuals in the organization. Gina has worked with executives on determining the best way to manage a large change initiative to keep employees engaged and ensure overall success of the initiative.
Gina writes a number of white papers, case studies, and articles on various management and project management topics, which can be found on blog. She is lead author of Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects: Six Steps to Success (J Ross Publishing, 2015) and author of Implementing Positive Organizational Change: A Strategic Project Management Approach (J Ross Publishing, 2017.) Gina has been honored as one of the Power 50 from PMI®, one of 50 executives who have achieved success in proving the value of project management within organizations. She serves as Chair of the Volunteer Leadership Team of the Association of Change Management Professionals and on the Advisory Board of Project Summit/Business Analyst World.
Gina received her MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management.
Project Managing Business Process Improvement Initiatives
October 4, 2011 , By
Project Managing Business Process Improvement Initiatives In her experience as a project manager, Gina Abudi has often been assigned the task of carrying out a business process improvement initiative – an assignment that many project managers dread. Here, she lays out the six steps involved in a business process improvement initiative and provides guidelines and […]
Project Management for Business Process Improvemen
November 3, 2009 , By
Project Management for Business Process Improvement Many Business Process Improvement initiatives are undertaken without considering the impact their implementation will have on other processes within the organization. The resulting snafus are frequently time-consuming and costly. In this Article, Gina Abudi argues that by applying a Project Management approach managers of these initiatives can avoid negatively […]
Using ROI to Measure the Results of Business Process Improvement Initiatives
October 7, 2008 , By
Using ROI to Measure the Results of Business Process Improvement Initiatives Given today’s economic environment, there’s little need to emphasize the importance of return on investment. But when and how to use ROI analysis to prove the benefits of a proposed business process initiative is an issue Gina Abudi considers in this compelling Article. Not […]
