ChangeBoard

ChangeBoard is a term used to describe a framework and supporting software designed to manage organizational change initiatives. It provides a structured approach for initiating, assessing, approving, implementing, and reviewing changes across business or IT environments. The goal is to align change activities with strategic objectives while minimizing risk and disruption.

Key features typically included are change request submission, impact analysis, risk assessment, stakeholder and owner assignment, and approval workflows that often involve a Change Advisory Board. Additional capabilities commonly found in ChangeBoard tools include scheduling, implementation tracking, post-implementation review, audit trails, and reporting. Many ChangeBoard solutions offer dashboards, notifications, and integrations with incident, project, and configuration management systems.

Typical usage involves teams submitting change records when planning a new release, maintenance update, or process modification. A change owner coordinates the work, an impact assessment is performed, approvals are obtained, and the change is scheduled. Following deployment, benefits and issues are reviewed to refine future change efforts and improve governance.

Origin and adoption of ChangeBoard concepts align with established change management disciplines described in frameworks such as ITIL. Vendors provide standalone ChangeBoard software or modules within broader project or IT service management suites. The approach emphasizes traceability, accountability, and measurable outcomes to support controlled transformation initiatives.

See also: Change management, ITIL, Project management, Release management, Risk management.