Guidelines for Managing Integrated Change Control (1 of 2)
Introduce integrated change control early in the project. Make it part of the project kickoff
Encourage the customer to fund a reasonable number of hours and/or dollars to be used to implement approved changes and to investigate change requests
Determine how changes are to be introduced and processed with a documented procedure that is part of the project management system
Use a change request form to document proposed changes
Ensure that changes are approved in writing by the authorized representatives
Update the baselines and all appropriate documentation after each change is approved