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Definition
A change request is a written request to change something that was already agreed, such as the scope, the budget, a live ad, a deadline or a report format. It records the change, the reason, who approves it and what it does to time, cost and results.
How to use it
A change request makes a change visible before it happens. Without one, extra work starts as a favour, the budget drifts, and nobody can say later why a deadline moved. The request does not need to be long. It needs the agreed state today, the proposed change, the reason, the effect and a named approver, so that both sides see the same picture.
Log each request with a number, its date and its status, and link it to the live change it affects. Apply a change only after the approval is recorded. When a request is rejected, keep the record too, because a rejected request can explain why a result or a timeline did not match what was first discussed.
