MAEN QADDOURAHProject Director| AJ SAUDIJeddah, Saudi Arabia
It is necessary to document all changes in the project even minor but approval will be for those affecting scope and baselines.Am i correct? Saving Changes...
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Bala S DuvvuriProject Manager| ShellBangalore, Karnataka, India
Yes it is correct,we will mention all the changes in the change log. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
Maen,
I always believe there should be two level of approvals insofar as changes are concerned. The first approval is to allow the time to analyse the proposed change and assess the impact on the project and its product. Once we agree that a change is worth consideration should we expend time and money on it.
Once the analysis is complete, the second decision is to accept the change into the project, along with its impact. As you suggest, the impact might be nil or, perhaps, negligible, but CCB still has to approve it.
I posit that dealing with the change - capturing it, assessing it, making decisions - will affect your project before you implement the change. Saving Changes...
MAEN QADDOURAHProject Director| AJ SAUDIJeddah, Saudi Arabia
thanks Stephane, but i do not think CCB should approve negligible changes although to be documented. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
So you think it''s OK for you to spend time documenting and managing negligible changes without the CCB''s approval?
If CCB should not be concerned with small changes, then you should not be either. You can''t have it both ways. Saving Changes...
MAEN QADDOURAHProject Director| AJ SAUDIJeddah, Saudi Arabia
I respect your attitude. Saving Changes...
fosco frongiaSenior project manager| ENTE PATRIMONIALE CHIESA GESU' CRISTO SUGFino Mornasco, Como, Italy
Hi Maen and Stephane, I think both are right in the sense that it''s depends by established company rules. for instance, in my case - I''m working in construction market - the company established boundaries which allow me and other PM to make some changes in the standardized buildings without any CCB approval. in any case it is necessary to document the changes because these changes will affect the standard plans and it is necessary to demonstrate that the process was applied correctly Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
Thank you Fosco for your example. I would say that the "company established boundaries" are basically pre-approvals. These preemptive approvals were made in advance to streamline the process. Another way to look at it is as a delegated approval level. Saving Changes...
fosco frongiaSenior project manager| ENTE PATRIMONIALE CHIESA GESU' CRISTO SUGFino Mornasco, Como, Italy
I think is more correct to consider it as a delegated approval level because a pre-approval - from my point of view - provides a possible change previously defined; it is not my case because I''m authorized to make changes in some "directions" where the kind of changes depends from a lot of factors and conditions Saving Changes...
