Both of these features are identified as components — PRINCE2™
PRINCE2™’s way of saying “many people overlook these because they seem complicated, but they can be straightforward and have significant value in reducing project risk.” PRINCE2™ makes both of these understandable, in what they are and how to use them. PRINCE2™ ties them together: Change Control explains and demonstrates how to manage change requests, while Configuration Management (which is not included in the scope of the PMBOK®) manages the cataloging, control, tracking and actual changing of the deliverable.
The basic Change Control technique can be used as-is for the simplest of projects, or enhanced to use in a complex environment. PRINCE2™’s extensive Configuration Management does more than manage the change. It provides specific techniques to control project deliverables, including suggested Configuration Item Records and the recommendation to use a Configuration Librarian.
What is important is that Change Control and Configuration Management are required parts of any complete (ISO9001-certified) quality management system. As PRINCE2™ is consistent with ISO9001, they have been included and integrated with the rest of PRINCE2™.
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