Who approves Change Requests?

Who approves change requests? and in what order? Project Manager, CCR or Project Sponsor? The Project Manager is the first one on approving? 

saketbansal's picture

 The changes Request has to be approved by CCB (Change Control Board ) only, and you can have levels in CCB , which you define in your Project Management Plan, upto what level who all constitutes the CCB.

PM  defines what all changes needs CCB approval or needs Change Request, there can be n number of things which PM can change without following Change Management Process, but these things has to be difined and agreed in Project Management Plan. Like its possible in some projects you can update communication management plan without change request. 

This is what PMBok says: (pg - 96)

 

Every documented change request needs to be either approved or rejected by a responsible individual, usually the project sponsor or project manager. The responsible individual will be identified in the project management plan or by organizational procedures. When required, the Perform Integrated Change Control process includes a change control board (CCB), which is a formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project, and for recording and communicating such decisions.