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On moderate to very large projects, a central control
mechanism is needed to ensure that every change is properly
considered and coordinated. That’s why on such
projects, we establish a Change Control Board. It includes
the members from design, development, and test teams.
It also sometimes includes the members from the customer
team. Its purpose is to ensure that all concerned parties
properly consider every baseline change and that every
change is authorized before implementation. The CCB
is the body that reviews all major change requests,
approves them, disapproves them, or defers them for
more information. The CCB produces its rapid-development
benefit by raising the visibility of feature creep and
reducing the number of uncontrolled changes to the product. |