Kautz (2000), Maturro and Saavedra (2012), and the Software Engineering Institute (2014) identify four components essential to change management in an organization. The first component evaluated is the organizational readiness that refers to the load an organization has at a particular point in time with respect to management issues, change initiatives, and operational and legal issues taking place. The second component evaluated refers to the sponsor’s commitment and readiness to the SPI activity that is supported by what the sponsor expresses about the SPI initiative, by the sponsor’s inherent characteristics as a leader, and by the visible actions of the sponsor towards the SPI initiative. The third component evaluated is the change agent (CA) commitment and readiness to the SPI activity that evaluates what the CA expresses about the SPI initiative, the inherent characteristics of the CA, and the behaviour of the CA towards the SPI initiative. The fourth component evaluated refers to the level of organizational expertise and experience that the members in the organization have relative to the SPI initiative (SPI model utilized, appraisal