Use this Change Management Plan template to address changes which may be encountered during the project lifecycle. Typical areas of change occur in the scope, schedule, budget, and resources.

This Change Management plan will help you to:

• Define the process, tools, and stakeholders that will be used to manage any changes to the project.
• Specify how change requests will be accepted, analyzed, and assessed regarding potential impact on the schedule, budget and scope
• Improve customer relationships, establish greater financial performance, accountability, reduction in project delays, and on-time deliverables.
• Ensure that changes will be proactively managed as they occur and that all changes are coordinated across the project.

This 19 page MS Word template includes a Change Register, Tracking Log, and Change Request Forms.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
1.1 Audience
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Constraints
1.4 Change Management Guidelines
1.5 Anticipated Change Volumes
1.6 Points of Contact

2 Roles and responsibilities
2.1 Change Management Chart
2.2 Roles and Responsibilities

3 Change Management Process
3.1 Raise Change Request
3.2 Evaluate Change Request
3.2.1 Change Request Criteria
3.2.2 Change Type
3.2.3 Status Type
3.3 Update Change Request Log
3.4 Assess the Change Request
3.4.1 Perform Feasibility Study
3.5 Approve/Reject Change Request
3.6 Implement Change Request
3.7 Update the Project Plan

4 Schedule

5 Costs

Contents & Format

The template pack includes the following documents:

MS Word

• 2 x Change Management Plan templates
• 1 x Change Request Forms

MS Excel

• 1 x Change Request Form
• 1 x Change Register
• 1 x Tracking Log

Product Specifications

• File Format: The templates are in Microsoft Word and Excel (.docx and .xlsx) format.
• File Size: The zip file is 1 MBs.
• Opening the Files: You don’t need any special software to unzip the files. To unzip: right click on the file, click Extract, and save to your computer.
• Images: All images in the templates are copyright free.