Management of Change request

Guidelines on the content of a Management of Change Request Form and a sample form follow. 

A sample Management of Change Request Form is shown in Figure 1. The form should be revised to suit an entity s needs and perhaps saved electronically to allow flexibility when descriptive data and comments are added. 

Implementing such a system would occur after a Management of Change Request Form is received and approved. Addendum B in this chapter provides a framework from which a pre-job review system can be developed. It should not be adopted as presented. For example, revisions will almost always be necessary in Item 9, which is purposely an extensive list of hazards. 

If a product has not been tolled for an extended period (some companies use six months), it is essential to check the management of change documentation packages for all of the equipment involved. This review should focus on ensuring changes made between the new request to toll and the last time the product was tolled do not... 

Maintenance of current and historical configuration Logging, risk assessment, management, approval/rejection, tracking, implementation, and closure of change requests... 

Assign responsibility for acceptance or declination of the change request, in accord with the results of the change analysis, and include a management of change approval form. 

Evaluation of change requests, bofli functional and technical, is risk-driven. The change management procedure states ... 

S—the contractor will support the operator as required. For example if the painting tasks are considered to be a system change, the contractor will participate in, but not lead, a Management of Change analysis. Similarly for Hazards Analysis, the painting contractor would participate in a HAZOP as requested, but would not be expected to lead or initiate that activity. 

Management of Change (MOC) > PSSR is a check of every MOC-related activity and its documentation it is a second level of protection to ensure MOC is working to keep workers and the public safer. The complexity of the PSSR is determined based upon infonnation in the initial MOC request and associated documentation. PSSR can confirm that a proper management of change effort was performed. 

Before beginning the installation of a fire protection system, it may be necessary to secure approval from local, state or federal agencies that govern fire protection installations. The facility insurance carrier may request that they be notified of any new fire protection construction or retrofitting of existing systems so that they may offer assistance in managing the change. 

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