Electronic Change Management Systems with PSSR Tools

3 Electronic Change Management Systems with PSSR Tools 

A common software tool some companies have adopted is an electronic management of change (MOC) system. There are numerous approaches to doing this. Some software is commercially available, other software is customizable for the client, and still other software has been developed in-house or in close collaboration with a custom software application development partner. 

Many of these electronic MOC systems include PSSR as a segment of the MOC activity. In these cases, it is typical that when a PSSR is required or desired for a trigger event, a field is selected and the user is led through the work process for performing the PSSR and offered a database of PSSR checklist items to evaluate for applicability. 

A benefit of these types of electronic MOC/PSSR tracking and authorization systems is that the completion of one step in the work flow is immediately logged and the process can, in some more advanced software applications, be moved along automatically to its next phase. 

However, potential pitfalls may also be present. For example, the MOC initiator may miss marking that a PSSR is required and the management of change process may move forward blindly without realization that a key component of 

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