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Guiding your team through change using the Satir change model

Simon Buehring 23 Feb 2026

Learn how the Satir change model can guide your team effectively. Discover practical steps to minimise resistance and enhance engagement. Scroll down to unlock strategic insights.

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Get guidance and resources to help you stay on track from start to completion.Both approaches emphasise value, through PMBOK’s focus on delivering value and PRINCE2’s business case and benefits realisation. Flexible study optionsTailoring is central in both, but PRINCE2 embeds it throughout the method while PMBOK separates it into its own section. PRINCE2 provides richer role definitions, which can improve accountability and decision quality across the project team.

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PMBOK® Guide

Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2

Summary

References

Introduction

The article will focus on the strengths and weaknesses of both PRINCE2 and the PMBOK Guide. This article was originally published in 2017, but was updated in October 2023 to reflect changes in

PRINCE2 7
th
edition

[1], and the

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Project delivery methods Learn from experienced trainers who keep the focus on real business analysis scenarios. GuideThere are different approaches to project delivery. Here are three of the most common: Support throughout your learning should not be read in isolation from

Waterfall The Standard for Project Management

Agile Flexible study optionsThe : A flexible approach that allows for continuous improvement. It’s best for projects with changing requirements. Standard for Project Management

Hybrid Choose study options available across many courses, with clear routes to help you decide. describes some key terms and concepts. It also describes how projects form a way for organizations to create value and describes the project environment within which projects operate. The Standard for the first time introduces 12 core

: A mix of the Quality learning materialsproject management principlesWaterfall which inform the project performance domains described in the

and sets the tone for everything described in the PMBOK®

It documents a set of standard terminology, knowledge, and guidelines for project management. It also describes itself as a standard for project management. This is because the PMI itself was approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to be a standards developer in 1998.

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Guide structure

The PMBOK®

Guide

project management office

Introduction

The introduction section outlines the structure of the Guide, its relationship with The

Standard for Project Management , the changes made in the latest edition, and its relationship with PMIStandards+.

The main change to previous editions is the removal of the inputs, tools/techniques, and outputs (ITTOs), and their replacement with principles which provides a different way of thinking about project management.

The Guide is complemented with further information within PMIStandards+ on PMIs digital content platform.Preferences

Project performance domains This is a new concept in the latest edition, and these replace the process groups and 10 Knowledge Areas that had formed the backbone of the previous edition.The principles from the Standard, are intended to guide the behaviour of practitioners, whereas the 8 new project performance domains provide broad areas of focus in which to demonstrate that behaviour.

The 8 performance domains are:

Team

Planning

Project work

DeliveryMeasurement

Uncertainty.

The performance domains are intended to be used as a unified whole, integrated together with each domain interdependent on the other domains to enable successful delivery of the project.

These performance domains run concurrently throughout the project. For example, the project manager should remain focused on stakeholders, the team, project life cycle, and project work for the duration of the project. They are addressed together, and not as siloed efforts in isolation from one another.

Tailoring

Navigating the change curve for successful transitions

project management approach

This section describes the many factors that affect tailoring, including the project scale, duration, complexity, organizational culture, industry, and level of

project management maturity

.Models, methods, and artifacts

This section provides a high-level description of some of the most commonly used models, methods, and artifacts useful when managing projects. Some of these models (for example

ADKAR

, Virginia Satir) originated in the change management realm, but were introduced into the Guide because of the importance of change management to successful project outcomes.

PMBOK

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Guide strengths

th

edition of the

PMBOK®

Guide

some years ago I wrote that key strength was its comprehensive treatment of the Knowledge Areas. However, in the 7

th edition, the Knowledge Areas have been replaced by principles and the project performance domains.Principles

One of the best parts of the new

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Guide

is its introduction of 12 new principles. These are comprehensive and are designed to guide practitioners to tailor the guidance appropriately. The table below shows the most equivalent PRINCE2 principle.

PMBOK®

principles

PRINCE2 principles

Be a diligent, respectful, and caring stewardCreate a collaborative project team environmentDefine roles, responsibilities, and relationships

Effectively engage with stakeholders