Change management plan

Indeed, I skipped over those for some reason. Good show.

Perhaps, Trésor, your confusion is because the Change Management Plan is a part of the overall Project Management Plan.

Your Project Management Plan will include:
* Change Management Plan
* Quality Management Plan
* Schedule Management Plan
* Cost Management Plan

And many other plans.

I would add also:

1- Configuration Management Plan
2- Process Improvement Plan

As the above are not tackled in separate chapters of the book.

It is created during the Planning Process. It falls under Intergration Management Knowledge Area: It is an output of creating Project Management Plan. It contains:

Change Control Procedures
Approved Levels for Authorizing Changed
Change Control Board personnel and their duties and responsibilities
Plan how changes will be managed and controlled
Who should attend meetings
Emergency Change Process
Organizational Tools

That being said, I would say that the main inputs should be:

Enterprise Environmental Factors (Cuture and Existing Systems)
Organizational Process Assets (Procedures and Processes, historical informtation and Lessons Learned)

Tool and Techniques can include:

Expert Opinions
Meetings
Group Facilitiating Techniques

May I use this thread to clear up a doubt I have concerning change management.

Do ALL changes must go through the CCB or does the PM have authority to decide which requested changes must go thru the CCB? Could both options be correct as long as it is stated in the Project Management Plan? Thank you in advance for your feedback.