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Definition: Change requests (e.g., to expand or contract project scope, to modify cost [budgets], or schedule estimates [dates, etc.]) are often identified while the work of the project is being done.
Acceptance Level: Generally accepted
Alternative or Related Terms: Scope change request, cost change request, schedule change request, procurement change request, project change request
Application Areas/Intended Uses: Change requests are an output from project plan execution.
Chief Advantages: Written change requests are a means to examine and track the details of proposed project changes and ensure review and approval by the appropriate authorities before further action is taken.
Additional Reading:
Holding Great Meetings. [Skill Builders] Fred Erman. PM Network, March 2000, 16.
Innovative Environments for Project Meetings and Workshops.
Morten Fangel, Julie M.Wilson. PMI 2001 Seminars & Symposium Proceedings, Nashville, Tennessee USA.
Read This If You Hate Project Status Meetings. Ross M. Snyder. PM Network, August 1999, 45-46.
The Project Tracking Meeting: A Recommended Agenda. [Power Practices] Neal Whitten. PM Network, June 2000, 25. |
