DPI Practice Question: Communication And Organizational Change Management
An IT organization is shifting from project-based funding to product-centric value streams. Financial controllers resist relinquishing annual budget control. Which OCM and communication approach is most effective for this stakeholder group?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Engage them in co-designing financial guardrails, value realization tracking, and spend-governance models tailored to product funding.
Financial controllers need evidence of financial governance, risk control, and value realization under the new model rather than generic agile slogans.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Bypass the finance department by routing all project funding through unauthorized corporate credit cards.
Why it's wrong here
Bypassing finance violates corporate governance and leads to legal action.
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Tell financial controllers that agile teams do not need budgets or financial governance.
Why it's wrong here
Eliminating financial governance is irresponsible and alienates financial controllers.
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Send them weekly motivational quotes about the beauty of agile transformation.
Why it's wrong here
Motivational quotes do not address legitimate financial control and risk concerns.
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Engage them in co-designing financial guardrails, value realization tracking, and spend-governance models tailored to product funding.
Why this is correct
Co-designing governance addresses their core concern of financial control while enabling agility.
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Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official AXELOS / PeopleCert exam blueprint
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