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Building organizational competency in change requiresongoing assessment of readiness. ACMP emphasizes institutionalizing practices such as evaluating capacity, leadership alignment, stakeholder preparedness, and cultural enablers. While reviewing outcomes (A), sponsorship effectiveness (C), and goal clarity (D) contribute to maturity, the most comprehensive practice for competency building iscontinuous readiness assessment, ensuring the organization is prepared for future changes.

(Reference: ACMP Standard, Process Group 1 – Evaluate; Activity: Conduct ongoing readiness assessments to build organizational change competency.)

When monitoring KPIs and adoption metrics during execution, the relevant plan is themeasurement and benefits realization plan. This plan sets out the metrics, reporting mechanisms, and thresholds to identify whether the change is achieving expected benefits. The transition plan focuses on handover, the stakeholder engagement plan on participation, and the sustainability plan on long-term embedding. Detectingshortfalls in performance indicatorsdirectly aligns with reviewing the measurement and benefits realization plan.

(Reference: ACMP Standard, Process Group 4 – Execute; Outcomes: Monitor adoption and benefits; Activities: Implement measurement and benefits realization strategy.)

ACMP stresses that success should be measured from bothpeople adoption outcomesandbusiness performance results. The most comprehensive set includes:

Performance metrics: concrete operational improvements tied to the initiative.

Cultural indicators: alignment with values and behaviors supporting sustainability.

Employee behaviors: observable evidence of adoption in daily practices.

Customer satisfaction scores: external confirmation of impact.Options A, B, and D emphasize financial or operational results but neglect culture and behavior, which ACMP highlights as essential for sustained change. Thus, option C offers the balanced approach consistent with the ACMP Standard.(Reference: ACMP Standard, Process Group 5 – Close; Activity: Evaluate success using adoption metrics, culture, behavior, and performance outcomes.)

ACMP emphasizes the importance of definingclear goals, objectives, and criteria for successbefore rolling out change. These provide atangible and measurable baselinefor tracking progress and adoption. Success criteria guide communications, training, resistance management, and sponsor accountability. While alignment to strategy (C) and stakeholder commitment (A) are important, they are broader considerations. Accountability (D) is part of sponsorship planning. The key purpose is to establishmeasurable progress indicatorsto ensure the change achieves adoption and intended outcomes.

(Reference: ACMP Standard, Process Group 2 – Formulate; Activity: Identify goals, objectives, and criteria for success.)