Change Requests: What They Are & How to Manage Them

Change requests are a common aspect of project management and can cause stress and hassle. To improve business agility, project managers should gather as much information as possible, assess whether the request is within the scope of the project, determine what's required to make the change happen, and make a logical, detailed decision whether to approve or reject the change request. Change management is geared towards making project processes more flexible and capable of dealing with predicted risks or unforeseen events.