Change Management Plan Template
Use this Change Management Plan template to address changes which may be encountered during the project lifecycle. Typical areas of change occur in the scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
This Change Management plan will help you to:
- Define the process, tools, and stakeholders that will be used to manage any changes to the project.
- Specify how change requests will be accepted, analyzed, and assessed regarding potential impact on the schedule, budget and scope
- Improve customer relationships, establish greater financial performance, accountability, reduction in project delays, and on-time deliverables.
- Ensure that changes will be proactively managed as they occur and that all changes are coordinated across the project.
This 19 page MS Word template includes a Change Register, Tracking Log, and Change Request Forms.
Change Management Plan Template: Blue Theme
Change Management Plan template – cover page, legal text, and document naming conventions
Change Management Plan table of contents
Change Management Plan template – Roles and Responsibilities
Change Management Process chapter
Change Request Form
Change Management Plan template – documenting the costs by phase
Change Management Plan template – without image on cover page
Change Management Plan Template: Red Theme
Change Management Plan: 3 Free Excel Templates
Change Request form Excel spreadsheet with conditional formatting rules applied
Change Request form Excel spreadsheet with dynamic columns
Change Management tracking log spreadsheet with charts 
Change Request Excel spreadsheet with charts
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Audience
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Constraints
1.4 Change Management Guidelines
1.5 Anticipated Change Volumes
1.6 Points of Contact
2 Roles and responsibilities
2.1 Change Management Chart
2.2 Roles and Responsibilities
3 Change Management Process
3.1 Raise Change Request
3.2 Evaluate Change Request
3.2.1 Change Request Criteria
3.2.2 Change Type
3.2.3 Status Type
3.3 Update Change Request Log
3.4 Assess the Change Request
3.4.1 Perform Feasibility Study
3.5 Approve/Reject Change Request
3.6 Implement Change Request
3.7 Update the Project Plan
4 Schedule
5 Costs
Change Management Plan Template Pack
The templates are in Microsoft Word and Excel and include the following documents:
| 2 x Change Management Plan templates | MS Word x 19 pages each |  |
| Change Request Forms | MS Word x 2 | |
| Change Request Form | MS Excel x 1 |  |
| Change Register | MS Excel x 1 | |
| Tracking Log | MS Excel x 1 | |