Define and agree on a draft impleme

Define and agree on a draft implementation plan before change approval, with all affected functions and3rd parties, as it often depicts how changes need to be made in the released technical documentation orproduct data and it influences the cost impact analysis;• Ensure the timely approval or rejection of changes to maximize benefits and minimize the impact on costs,schedule and quality;• Communicate to all affected stakeholders, once approved, change characteristics and related decisions tomaximize the change’s benefits by ensuring its prompt and strict execution;• Ensure that Risk and Opportunity (R&O) manager is actively involved in the Change Management processas any change that may have a positive or negative impact on the project EAC [02];• Grouping Change Requests affecting the same components or assemblies or functional architectureBaselines to reduce production disturbance and improve Configuration Management [15];• Ensure that requirements are always considered when analyzing a Change Request. There needs to be asystematic link between the change and the source requirements [14];• Ensure that lessons learned and best practices are always considered when analyzing a ChangeRequest;• Ensure to never compromise the quality of the communications, information and decisions in order to meeta KPI or a deadline. They are all equally important. Instead make it a rule to always meet yourcommitments;• Ensure that the Change Request solution fixes the root cause of the problem to avoid additionalrequests. Refer to the BT Problem Solving Approach [18].Change Management is one of the supporting pillars of Configuration Management, therefore we must also:• Ensure Configuration Baselines [15] are maintained and controlled;• Ensure product and related Configuration Baselines are kept consistent and synchronized, in thisparticular matter, the Fit, Form, Function and Interchangeability Decision Tree (see Figure 6) MUST beapplied on all changes;• Confirm that approved changes have been implemented into all Configuration Baselines and on each unitof each product impacted.Change Management shall be recognized as the most important enabler for bid and project execution.The governance for managing change shall be documented in the Orange Book and its functional supplements[03], e.g. Configuration Management Plan [15], Product Development Plan [13] and Engineering Project Plan[16].