Change management checklist

1. Working out the concept of change management in the project

Developing strategy of change management
Analysing potential changes
Defining principles of process integration for change management
Approving the strategy
2. Forecasting and planning changes

Selecting methods and techniques for forecasting and planning changes
Forecasting changes
Tracking external factors and tendencies related to changes
Planning potential internal and external influences to protect the project
Developing plan of change management in the project
3. Arranging and controlling changes in the project

Assigning roles and responsibilities to personnel involved in change management
Establishing organizational structure for change management
Approving procedures for change management
Putting into operation the system of change management
Information support of change management
Collecting and analyzing requests and offers to include changes
Making decision about adding changes to the project
Holding database of project changes
4. Analyzing and adjusting changes

Controlling progress of implementing changes
Reviewing and analyzing time history of changes in the project
Giving an evaluation of changes and related success outcomes
Reporting on changes on the project, and deviation from change management plan
Generating ideas for correcting change management plan
Producing correcting measures
5. Completing change management in the project

Conducting post - project analysis, evaluating changes and their outcomes
Concluding report on actual changes in the project
Building up archive ( history ) of changes in the project
Drawing a lesson and correcting strategy for future projects