When a project is hurried through requirements, defects are found, or the landscape changes around the project, a request is made to change the original requirements. This process in most projects is referred to as ‘Change Control’.

In most situations the focus of the Change Control process is to analyze the impact of a requirement change on your triple constraint (scope, schedule, budget) and gain the necessary approval to move forward with the requirement change.  What often goes unnoticed is the hidden cost the process of change control can bring to your project if not well managed.