OCM Change Management Requirements — Examples
1. Personas
Provides strategic oversight of organisational change initiatives and ensures alignment with enterprise priorities. Strategic rather than operational, limited time, focused on outcomes and impact. Requires concise information and influences direction and prioritisation.
Secondary
Medium
Weekly
Active
Leads or supports the implementation of organisational change initiatives within an entity, ensuring adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working. Works across multiple projects and stakeholder groups, delivery-focused and time-constrained. Requires practical, actionable guidance. Often lacks a consistent OCM approach and coordinates between leadership, IT, and business stakeholders.
Primary
Medium-High
Daily
Active
Designs, governs, and maintains the NATO Enterprise OCM approach and portal, ensuring consistency, quality, and scalability across entities. Responsible for enterprise-level OCM alignment. Owns methodology, tools, and governance. Balances strategic direction with practical usability and manages multiple stakeholders and priorities.
Primary
Medium-High
Weekly
Active
Participates in the OCM network alongside primary responsibilities, with an interest in staying informed and exchanging experiences. Not dedicated to OCM full-time, limited availability, selective in engagement. Values relevance and efficiency and prefers lightweight interaction.
Secondary
Medium
Weekly
Active
Supports organisational change through training, people development, and capability building activities. People-focused role that supports but does not lead change. Works across multiple initiatives, needs structured guidance, and is involved in training delivery.
Secondary
Medium
Daily
Active
2. User Stories
As an OCM Practitioner I want to quickly find relevant tools, templates, and guidance so that I can apply a consistent OCM approach without reinventing approaches across projects.
- Search functionality available with filters by category and topic
- Relevant search results returned within 2-3 clicks
- Resources found and downloadable in under 1 minute
- Content structured and easy to browse
As a Senior Stakeholder I want to see high-level updates and key metrics related to the OCM initiative so that I can quickly understand progress and impact across NATO entities.
- Homepage displays key OCM-related updates and milestones
- Critical announcements are highlighted
- Content is concise and easy to scan
- Ability to navigate to more detailed information if required
As a Network Participant I want to receive concise updates and access key materials so that I can stay informed without investing significant time.
- Updates are concise and relevant
- Clear structure of communication
- Easy access to related materials
- No information overload
As an HR / Training Representative I want access to structured training materials so that I can support organisational change initiatives effectively.
- Training materials available centrally
- Content structured by topic
- Materials reusable and downloadable
- Clear linkage to OCM approach
3. Requirements
3.1. User Experience
Platform must deliver personalised homepage content based on user roles with different widgets, news, and quick links for 3700+ users.
Platform must provide fully responsive design that adapts to all device sizes — desktop, tablet, and mobile — without a separate mobile site, optimised for performance.
Platform must provide search and filtering functionality to enable users to quickly locate relevant content and resources.
3.2. Content
Platform must support creation and management of news content, including articles, images, tagging, categorisation, and scheduling.
Platform must provide a structured OCM toolkit with categorised templates and guidance to support implementation of change initiatives.
Platform must provide access to examples, practices, and case-based content from NATO entities to support knowledge sharing.
Platform must support publishing and sharing concise updates and key information to network users.
Platform must provide structured training materials aligned with OCM practices to support capability development.