The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

SCOPE PROCESS86Scope Change Control (PMBOK^® 5.5, Control Scope)

What:	Managing specification changes to the project deliverables.
When:	Project execution and control.
Results:	Acceptance of changes that represent net benefits, and rejection or deferral of other proposed changes.

Define the Change-Control Process

Once the project scope definition and the project baseline setting are complete, use a documented scope-management process to control scope changes. Managing the specifications for project deliverables is essential to integrated change control. Although the formality of the control process may vary, even on short projects a written process helps to maintain scope stability. Figure 86.1 offers an example. Effective processes ...