How to manage change control

Once your project’s scope, requirements, timelines and resources are agreed upon, you have a solid baseline. However, as the project progresses, changes are inevitable. This guide helps project professionals understand the importance of change control in managing those changes. It covers:

• The role of change control in maintaining project direction
• Why change control is essential despite a well-documented plan
• The process of handling change, from identification to implementation
• Common challenges and techniques for managing change effectively

By following this guide, project managers can navigate the challenges of adapting plans and ensuring project success despite inevitable changes.

ISBN: 9781913305420
Price: £8.00
Available to buy in A5 only
Author: Mike Wild 
Mike Wild (ChPP FAPM CertPM) is a business-focused programme director. He’s had a varied career, including extensive client-facing experience of managing complex international integration programmes, predominantly in the financial services sector. This business change experience is easily adaptable to other lines of business and he’s demonstrated this through his writing.

Using his hands-on experience, Mike has stimulated project management thought leadership through a variety of blogs on the APM website. Fundamentally, Mike’s written work seeks to offer practical solutions to everyday project management concerns. These have stretched from risk management to programme assurance to VUCA. His article for the APM Project magazine on preparing for the worst-case scenario explored the practical application of scenario planning.