Process: Perform Integrated Change Control
Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling
Knowledge Area: Project Integration Management
Purpose
The Perform Integrated Change Control process ensures that all change requests are formally evaluated, approved or rejected, and documented in a controlled and coordinated manner. It maintains the integrity of the project baselines by managing change in a consistent, transparent, and systematic way.
Inputs
- Project Management Plan – Especially the change management plan, baselines, and configuration management plan.
- Project Documents – Includes issue log, lessons learned register, requirements documentation, and risk reports.
- Work Performance Reports – Highlight trends or variances that may trigger change.
- Change Requests – Proposals to modify scope, schedule, cost, quality, or any other project element.
- Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEFs) – Governance frameworks, stakeholder risk tolerance, or regulatory standards.
- Organizational Process Assets (OPAs) – Change control procedures, templates, historical change logs.
Tools and Techniques
- Expert Judgment – Involves sponsors, technical experts, or functional managers to assess change impact.
- Change Control Tools – Digital systems used to submit, track, and manage change requests.
- Data Analysis –
- Alternatives Analysis
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Decision Making –
- Voting
- Autocratic Decision Making
- Multicriteria Decision Analysis
- Meetings – Change control board (CCB) reviews to assess and decide on changes.
Outputs
- Approved Change Requests – Formal authorization to implement changes.
- Project Management Plan Updates – Adjustments to baselines or subsidiary plans.
- Project Document Updates – Updates to impacted areas such as schedule forecasts, risk register, and cost estimates.
Role in the Process Group and Knowledge Area
- Within the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group, this process safeguards project alignment by ensuring only approved changes are implemented.
- As part of Project Integration Management, it centralizes change handling across all knowledge areas and prevents uncontrolled scope creep.
Why It Matters
- Maintains Project Control – Ensures changes are aligned with strategic goals and project constraints.
- Prevents Scope Creep – Adds discipline to how changes are introduced and managed.
- Supports Traceability – Tracks who requested a change, what was decided, and why.
- Promotes Accountability – Involves the right people in change decisions, increasing stakeholder buy-in.