Introduction

A change request allow to manage change in a project. Tee approval processus should be defined in the project charter.
Specifically who can ask a change and who is allowed to approve it.
To approve or disapprove it, the decision maker has to know the issue, impacts and the benefits of this change.
To manage a project you have to keep log of them, even the rejected ones.

Define

A change request may be defined by:

• Id
• Small description
• Type (need, cost, scope, planning, quality, ressources, technical)
• Priority (low, medium, high, critical)
• Status (opened, approved, rejected)
• The requester
• Who is in charge to approve it
• Deadline of the approval
• The issue
• The expected benefits
• The impacts of the change
• List of comments

Exemple of change requests log