management process should be clearly communicated to all stakeholders and if a change is requested it should be submitted on the change request form. The project team will use the data from the change request form to populate the change log. As the change request follows the change request process and is reviewed and approved/denied/deferred, the status will be updated in the change log. The following shows a common format used for a project change log: Standard Change Log Template: Change Log Project: Date: Change Change Type Description of Requestor Date Date Status Comments No. Change Submitted Approved Each This may be a The change Who When was When was Is the change This section may change design, scope, request should be initiated the the request the request request open, describe why the request is schedule or described in change submitted? approved? closed or change request was assigned a other type of detail. request? pending? Has it rejected, deferred or reference change. been approved, provide any other number. denied or useful information. deferred? Example with Sample Data: Change Log Project: Network Upgrade Project Date: 04/01/20xx Change Change Type Description of Requestor Date Date Status Comments No. Change Submitted Approved CR001 Design/ Scope This change request J. Doe 03/25/xx N/A Denied This request was denied calls for replacing by the change control existing ABC board because there is network routers not adequate funding with NextGen 3000 available for the purchase routers. of new routers and because the request is outside of the project's scope.
management process should be clearly communicated to all stakeholders and if a change is requested it should be submitted on the change request form. The project team will use the data from the change request form to populate the change log. As the change request follows the change request process and is reviewed and approved/denied/deferred, the status will be updated in the change log. The following shows a common format used for a project change log: Standard Change Log Template: Change Log Project: Date: Change No. Change Type Description of Change Requestor Date Submitted Date Approved Status Comments Each change request is assigned a reference number. This may be a design, scope, schedule or other type of change. The change request should be described in detail. Who initiated the change request? When was the request submitted? When was the request approved? Is the change request open, closed or pending? Has it been approved, denied or deferred? This section may describe why the change request was rejected, deferred or provide any other useful information. Example with Sample Data: Change Log Project: Network Upgrade Project Date: 04/01/20xx Change No. Change Type Description of Change Requestor Date Submitted Date Approved Status Comments CR001 Design/ Scope This change request calls for replacing existing ABC network routers with NextGen 3000 routers. J. Doe 03/25/xx N/A Denied This request was denied by the change control board because there is not adequate funding available for the purchase of new routers and because the request is outside of the project's scope.
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