Performing integrated change control

Performing integrated change control is concerned with reviewing change requests, approving changes, and managing changes. These changes can be to deliverable project documents and aspects of the integrated project management plan. It is also concerned with communicating the decisions of change requests. Integrated change control is very formal, and all changes would be documented and considered, but at the same time, there are concerns about overall project risk impacts, which is more typical when there isn't a formal change control procedure. The same could be said for scope creep because that never happens! Keep in mind that there are some very specific assumptions that the Project Management Institute makes about formal change control, one of which is that there is a Change Control Board (CCB) whose entire job is to deny change requests. Just kidding; their entire job is to analyze change requests and make the best decision for the project...