Project Governance: Change Control

Effective Change Control = Effective Project Governance

PlanAutomate’s change control capabilities ensure that all modifications to your project’s budget, scope, and schedule are tracked, approved, and governed with precision. By enforcing structured change management, you maintain:

Financial integrity

Project accountability

Operational control

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Why Change Control Matters

Strong project governance is essential for delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the expected quality. A key component of governance is change control, ensuring that all modifications are assessed, approved, and tracked to maintain financial and operational integrity.

Without a structured approach to managing changes, projects can suffer from:

  • Scope creep – Uncontrolled changes that expand project scope beyond original plans.
  • Budget overruns – Unapproved costs that disrupt financial planning.
  • Scheduling conflicts – Unmanaged changes that cause delays and inefficiencies.
  • Lack of accountability – No clear record of who approved what and why.

By utilizing PlanAutomate’s change control capabilities, you establish a disciplined process that keeps projects aligned with strategic objectives while maintaining full visibility, accountability, and financial control.

PlanAutomate Change Control Key Capabilities

  • Create unlimited budget versions to model different scenarios.
  • All budget changes go through a structured approval process, automated based on your business criteria.
  • Maintain an auditable history of all change orders and cost revisions for complete financial transparency.
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  • Log all change requests before approval in a centralized change request log.
  • Tie changes to specific project artifacts: subcontracts, RAIDO registers, WBS changes, and budgets.
  • Not all change requests become change orders or cost revisions, but all are documented for decision-making.
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  • Track all WBS modifications automatically with real-time visibility into cost and sales impact.
  • Create WBS Change Sets to group multiple modifications into a single change order or cost revision.
  • Push WBS updates through to the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) to ensure accurate financial tracking.
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