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All rights reserved.  \nDuplication of this document or extraction of content is strictly forbidden.  \nChange Management Implementation Methods  \nChange Management is the process of planning and coordinating the implementation of all changes (any planned alteration or addition to the operating environment including application systems) into the production environment in a logical and orderly fashion. It does not develop changes, nor does it implement them.  \nChange Management Objectives:  \n1) To minimize the adverse impact of necessary changes on system integrity, security and the service level agreements.  \n2) To allowthe coordination and planning of changes in order to provide a stable production environment.  \n3) To maximize the productivity of persons involved in the planning, coordinating and implementation of \"quality\" changes.  \nChange Management Mission:  \n1) To ensure the documentation of all proposed changes prior to installation in the production environment.  \n2) To ensure verification of technical completeness:  \n• Accuracy of Technical impact and risk analysis  \n• Plans for final test, install, backout and recovery  \n• Identification and reviewof all technical dependencies including effect on concurrent changes  \n3) To ensure that the timing of change executions does not conflict with the business cycles or priorities.  \n4) To ensure appropriate management involvement and approval:  \n• Required sign-offs (i.e. justification, user acceptance, affected areas)  \n• Approval, deferral, or disapproval of change installations  \n5) To ensure the verification of successful testing to the degree required by organization standards before change introduction to the production environment.  \n6) To ensure the documentation of actual change installations and/or change backouts:  \n• To enable communication of change results  \n• To provide a history of changes  \n• To support the maintenance of systems documentation  \nChange Management Guidelines:  \n1) All changes (including those to application systems) must be monitored and controlled.  \n2) In the information business, change is the normal mode of operation, not the exception.  \n3) One formal Change Management system, with \"system wide\" scope and influence must bein place.  \n4) A Change Coordination function with \"clout\" (backed by senior management) must be  \nestablished to control the day-to-day activities of the Change Management system, with authority to reject those changes that do not adhere to the guidelines.  \nChange Management Life Cycle Functions:  \n1) Change Request Initiation  \nThe person or group requesting a change will complete the submitter section of Request for Change Template (displayed later) . If a user is involved, IT can help complete the form or screen.  \n2) Change Priority (Impact and Risk Assessment)  \n© Copyright 2002 RL Consulting. All rights reserved.  \nDuplication of this document or extraction of content is strictly forbidden.  \nThe impact the change will have on the production environment and the services provided to the user and the business reasons for the change are determined and approved (see Sample Change Priority Guidelines).  \n3) Change Development  \nAs part of the change development, based on the installation's standards, a plan for installation is required. A suggested checklist of items to include in the plan is:  \n-Test procedures followed, with results  \n-Backout procedures (must be available)  \n-Resource plan  \n-Description of any training required  \n-Required and supplied documentation  \n-Proposed installation schedule  \n-Business reason for the change  \n-Management approvals  \n4) Change Coordination  \nThis function controls the day-to-day activities of the Change Management system wi","cbCaiilKMCXuTdFa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiilKMCXuTdFa","pdf",31072,6,"English","# Change Management Implementation Methods\n## Change Management Objectives\n## Change Management Mission\n## Change Management Guidelines\n## Change Management Life Cycle Functions\n### Change Request Initiation\n### Change Priority (Impact and Risk Assessment)\n### Change Development\n### Change Coordination\n## Suggested Change Management Meeting Agenda","[{\"question\":\"What is the primary purpose of change management in IT service management?\",\"answer\":\"Change management plans and coordinates the implementation of all operational changes into the production environment in a logical, orderly manner. 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