Glossary

Change Management

Change management is having a plan before making changes - like thinking through how to move furniture before just shoving things around.

What is Change Management?

A systematic approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state, including IT system changes.

Why Should You Care?

Poor change management causes many outages and security incidents. Compliance frameworks require formal change control.

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Real-World Example

A change advisory board reviews and approves all production system changes, reducing unplanned outages by 60%.

How to Protect Against Change Management

  1. 1.

    Implement formal change management process

  2. 2.

    Create change advisory board

Related Terms

Itil, Configuration Management, Release Management

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