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How to manage project change

How to manage project change

From the course: Project Management Foundations

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How to manage project change

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- [Narrator] During planning, you built a change management plan that describes how to handle project changes. Now that the project is underway, it's time to put that plan to work. Let's say a change request comes in. You assign someone to evaluate the request, add it to the change request log and submit it to the change review board, along with your recommendation to either approve or reject it. If the request is rejected, let the requester know. Make sure no one on the team starts working on it in anticipation of its approval. However, if the request is approved, you assign someone to keep an eye on it. That person updates the baseline documents to reflect the change. Maybe new tasks are needed or the project finish date moves or cost increases. Tag baseline document edits with the change request number. That way it's easy to see where modifications came from. The owner of the change request also adds status to the change request log, reports on progress and shepherds the request…

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