Chapter 11: Change Control Process

1. Request for a change to take place
• present to individual or group responsible for approving changes and overseeing activities of changes within an environment
2. Approval of the change
• justify reason for change and clearly show benefits and possible pitfalls of change
3. Documentation of the change
• after approval of change, enter it into a log and update it according to changes
4. Tested and presented
• changes have to be fully tested, this uncovers unforeseen results
5. Implementation
• schedule that outlines projected phases of changes being implemented
6. Report change to management
• full report summarizing changes, and submit it to management