Introduction
- The nature of project change
- Definition of change control
- Three primary change control strategies
- How change control supports successful delivery
- How change control protects post-project Business Value
- Other benefits of controlling change
Minimizing the Need for Change
- Initiation Phase
- How the Project Charter sets the stage for change control
- Defining business value and project objectives
- Setting preliminary scope boundaries
- Stakeholder buy-in to change control
- Impact of effective estimation
- Planning Phase
- Including the perspective of stakeholders
- Thorough project planning: Scope and Requirements
- Importance of the Work Breakdown Structure
- Value of a structured requirements process
- Developing verified and validated requirements
- The Scope Statement
- How definitive project baselines enable effective change control
- Planning for Transition to minimize last minute changes
- How effective risk management promotes control of change
- Business Value planning
Change Control Overview
- Developing a change control plan
- The work of change control
- Tools of change control
- Change request form
- Impact analysis
- Change control log
- The change authority
Controlling Change When It Occurs
- Managing change to scope and requirements
- Defending the preliminary scope definition
- Negotiating to keep scope, time and cost in balance
- Sources of project change
- Managing change requests
- Using business value as a guide to change control
- Managing stakeholder expectations about the impact of change
- Negotiating scope, time and cost interdependencies
- Updating project documents
- Managing requirements
- Requirements change management
- Tracing as a change control tool
- Using the Requirements traceability matrix
- Dealing with mandates
- Change and risk
- Managing baselines
- Working with a vendor’s change control system
- Challenges to the enforcement of change control
- Reporting project changes to stakeholders
Embracing Change
- Effective change control strategies
- Evaluating CRs for value
- Qualifying CRs with an Opportunity Register
- Evaluating CRs with an Opportunity Screen
- Selecting high value changes