Project Name

Project name

Project Manager

Project manager name

Organization

Organization name

Sponsor

Sponsor name

Organization

Organization name

Customer

Customer name

Organization

Organization name

Document Version and Date

Version number and date of this document.

Term, Abbreviation or Acronym

 Definition

Risk Management Plan Components

Project Constraints

[Identify the driving constraints for the project. These are the assumptions against which change is managed.  Examples:

• fixed budget set at $_______
• hard deadline
• minimum quality threshold.]

Change management guidelines and purview

The following items will be subject to change management.

[Specify list of primary deliverables and the documents that describe them, and secondary deliverables that will fall under change management.]

The project team has latitude [is strictly bound] to interpret requirements in the following areas:

[Specify  list of areas in the product specification or requirements where the project team is either strictly bound by the documents or has the prerogative to interpret the requirements more loosely.]

Estimate of change volume

The budgetary impact of change in this project is expected to fall within the range of [lower] to [higher] dollars.  We assume the number of change requests will be roughly ____.  We estimate change evaluation and management to require _____ hours.

Roles and responsibilities

[Specify each change management role and responsibility.  For evaluators, note any special expertise that may be required given the sorts of changes you can anticipate.  This sets the stage for ensuring access to that expertise.]

Change management process

[Briefly state the process to be followed.  Include, for example, the following subject areas.]

Tools

[Refer to the change request form, the change log, and any other tools used by your project.]