Change Management & Control Flashcards

What is the primary purpose of an Integrated Change Control process in project management?

Answer: To review, approve, or reject change requests and manage changes throughout the project lifecycle

Integrated Change Control ensures all change requests are reviewed, approved, or rejected in a coordinated manner so that project baselines remain intact and changes are properly managed.

A Change Control Board (CCB) is best described as:

Answer: A formally chartered group that evaluates, approves, delays, or rejects changes to project baselines

The CCB is a formally chartered group with the authority to review and decide on change requests, ensuring governance over project baselines.

Which document formally captures and tracks the details of a proposed change to a project?

Answer: Change Request Form

A Change Request Form is the formal document used to describe, justify, and track proposed changes so they can be evaluated and decided upon.

When evaluating a change request, a senior project manager should FIRST:

Answer: Assess the impact of the change on scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk

Before acting, the project manager must perform an impact assessment across all project constraints to provide accurate information for decision-making.

Which of the following is a key input to the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

Answer: Work performance reports

Work performance reports provide the data needed to evaluate the current project status and understand the context of proposed changes within the Integrated Change Control process.

A project manager discovers that a team member implemented a change without following the formal change control process. The BEST immediate action is to:

Answer: Submit a retroactive change request and update all affected project documents and baselines

Submitting a retroactive change request ensures the change is formally documented and that baselines and project records accurately reflect the current state.

Configuration management in a project context is PRIMARILY concerned with:

Answer: Ensuring that changes to project deliverables and baselines are controlled and documented

Configuration management maintains the integrity and consistency of project deliverables by ensuring changes are documented, tracked, and authorized before implementation.