Planning for Change

Assessing the context

This stage helps you design a realistic, evidence-based plan for implementation by understanding your context and identifying the right strategies for change.

Understanding your local context is vital to success. Every team, department, and organisation has unique factors that influence how a TRIP project unfolds. Identifying contextual barriers and enablers helps you select effective implementation strategies.

Planning for Change

Focus on understanding context, engaging stakeholders, and designing a realistic plan for change.

Visit the Implementation Masterclass at the CLE Learning Library to learn more.

Understanding Complexity: How complexity influences implementation design.

Considering Context: Practical ways to assess barriers and enablers.

Engaging stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement is critical to implementation success. Understanding who may be affected and their perspective – whether individuals, teams, or organisations – helps anticipate impacts, build support, and sustain change.

While identifying and managing stakeholders can be challenging, recognising their interests and influence enables more effective engagement and implementation.

Use the TRIP Stakeholder Mapping tools to identify your potential stakeholders and explore their influence and impact.

Open the Stakeholder Mapping Tool

Theories, models and frameworks

An implementation theory, model, or framework helps identify barriers and enablers, select effective strategies, and understand what drives success. Applying these frameworks helps you contextualise and systematically analyse your project, evaluate outcomes clearly, and plan for sustainable change. Use your mouse to click through the resources below.

Further guidance on theories, models and frameworks is available on the TRIP Resources page.

TRIP Learning Hub: Planning for change

Assessing the context