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Change Proposal (process ST 2.0)
Change proposals are submitted to change management before chartering new or changed services in order to ensure that potential conflicts for resources or other issues are identified. Authorization of the change proposal does not authorize implementation of the change but simply allows the service to be chartered so that service design activities can commence.
A change proposal is used to communicate a high-level description of a change. This change proposal is normally created by the service portfolio management process and is passed to change management for authorization. In some organizations, change proposals may be created by a programme management office or by individual projects.
The following figure depicts the Change Proposal workflow in Process Designer.
For details of the Change Proposal process, see the following figure and table.
Process ID |
Procedure or Decision |
Description |
Role |
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ST 2.0.1 |
Register Change proposal |
The change requester logs a change proposal with a high-level description of the proposed change. |
Change Requester |
ST 2.0.2 |
Records Change proposal details |
The change owner records details of the change proposal. The change proposal should include the following items:
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Change Requester |
ST 2.0.3 |
Assess and evaluate proposed Change |
The change owner assesses and evaluates the change proposal, including risks, issues and alternatives, as well as budget and financial expectations. |
Change Owner |
ST 2.0.4 |
Abandon? |
The change owner decides whether to abandon the proposal or not. |
Change Owner |
ST 2.0.5 |
Authorize Change proposal |
CAB reviews the change proposal and the current change schedule, identifies any potential conflicts or issues and responds to the change proposal by either authorizing it or documenting the issues that need to be resolved. |
CAB |
ST 2.0.6 |
Initiate a change or project |
After the new or changed service is chartered, RFCs will be used in the normal way to request authorization for specific changes. These RFCs will be associated with the change proposal so that change management has a view of the overall strategic intent and can prioritize and review these RFCs appropriately. |
Change Manager |