The Perform Integrated change control process monitors the performance of the project against plan

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Monitoring and Controlling Projects

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  • The Perform Integrated change control process monitors the performance of the project against plan

    Peter Kim, PMP, MBA

    Instructor

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Jerome Rowley

1. Introduction

Process 4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control is one of the most important of the project management processes. Remember that the cost of implementing changes in the project goes up as the project gets further along. Therefore, it is best to prevent changes if possible, and if not possible, to make those changes as soon as possible in the project.    If you cannot avoid making a change, then you need to go through the process of analyzing what the impact on the project will be.

2. Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs

Here is a chart summarizing the inputs, tools & techniques, and outputs.

4.5 PERFORM INTEGRATED CHANGE CONTROL
INPUTS
1. Project Management Plan These are an output of 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan. The subsidiary plans that are particularly relevant are:
  • Scope management plan (procedures for scope changes)
  • Scope baseline (particularly product definition)
  • Change management plan (managing the change control process and documents the formal Change Control Board)
2. Work Performance Reports These are an output of 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work; those particularly relevant are:
  • Resource availability
  • Schedule and cost data
  • Earned value management
  • Burnup or Burndown charts (showing how much work is left to be done)
3. Change requests These are outputs of EITHER 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work OR 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work.
Can include one of four categories
  • Defect repair
  • Corrective action
  • Preventive action
  • Updates to project management plan

The first three adjust the work to the plan, the last one adjusts the plan itself.

4. EEFs In particular, the
  • Project management information system (PMIS)
5. OPAs There are two categories of OPAs, the first being policies and procedures …
  • Change control procedures (how plans, procedures will be approved, validated, and implemented)
  • Process measurement database

… and the second being documents and corporate knowledge databases.

  • Project documents
  • Configuration management database (keeps track of baselines and variations of policies, procedures, and documents)
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
1. Expert judgment Stakeholders with expertise may be asked to sit on Change Control Board (CCB)
2. Meetings Meetings of Change Control Board are referred as to as change control meetings.
3. Change control tools Manual or automated tools may be used for change or configuration management.
OUTPUTS
1. Approved change requests Only those change requests which are approved by the appropriate authority (such as the Change Control Board) are then input back into process 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work.
2. Change Log All change requests, whether approved or rejected, get recorded in the change log.
3. Project Management Plan updates The same project management plans that are listed as input #1 for this process are updated:
  • Scope management plan (procedures for scope changes)
  • Scope baseline (particularly product definition)

Change management plan (managing the change control process and documents the formal Change Control Board)

4. Project Document updates All documents that are considered part of the formal change control process are updated.

Here are a few things to note:

Change requests are inputs from two different processes. If the need for the change is obvious and is noticed while the project work is being executed, then the change request may be an output of 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work. On the other hand, if the need for the change is only noticed as a result of the monitoring the project (by measuring earned value at various points along the way, for example), then the change request may be an output of 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work.

In either case, the change requests are analyzed as part of a process that was set out in the Change Management Plan. The tools & techniques for change management are expert judgment, meetings, and the tools used to facilitate these two techniques.

The APPROVED changes are then input back into the 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work, although all change requests are entered into the Change Log, whether they are approved or not.

The next process is that of 4.6 Close Project or Phase, which I will summarize in the next post.

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What is the Perform Integrated change control process?

Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of reviewing all change requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating the decisions.

What is the purpose of integrated change control?

The key focus of Integrated Change Control is to measure the impact of change on all project limitations. Changes to any part of the project may be requested during the course of the project, especially during the project executing and monitoring and control phase.

Which project management plan defines the integrated change control?

Which project management plan defines integrated change control? The scope management plan defines how changes to the project scope may be allowed to enter the project.

What are the 3 main objectives of performing an integrated change control?

The three main objectives of integrated change control are :  Influencing the factors that create changes to ensure that changes are beneficial .  Determining that a change has occurred .  Managing actual change or changes as they occur .