Change Control Decision Check
Why was this change authorized, and on what assessment of risk?
Check the reasoning behind a change control approval.
You finish with A brief, a readiness count and next actions.
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Fictional example
“Assessed low risk and approved.”
The assessment lists no risks that were identified, and no one is named as holding a control.
Fictional example
“Assessed low risk and approved.”
The assessment lists no risks that were identified, and no one is named as holding a control.
A record can say one thing and leave one question open.
Put the records, the assessments and the approvals in the order they happened, and test the reasoning behind the approval.
This example is fictional. It shows where to look. It does not decide whether a decision was acceptable.
Inside the workbook
Four pages from the fillable PDF, exactly as you receive it. Choose a page to read it here. Nothing on this page replaces the PDF.
Response template
Put one decision through it.
Choose one decision you need to be able to explain, then examine what its records support.
- Bring one decision and its records.The change record, the assessments, and the approvals in the order they happened.
- Answer from the record, not from memory.If you cannot point to where an answer is written down, it is not in the record yet. That is the finding.
- Bring it together in the brief.The questions most likely to be challenged, the exposure that remains, and your recorded conclusion and next actions.
Leave with a clearer view of what your record can support.
A brief, a readiness count and next actions.
- Where the record answers. The answers you can point to, with the record behind each.
- Where it does not. The exposure that remains, set out so it can be repaired or escalated.
- What to do next. Your recorded conclusion and next actions.
Choose the decision you want to examine.
Use the Change Control Decision Check to connect your answers to the records, and to see which questions remain.
A structured review of your own records. It is not a compliance determination, and it does not predict inspection outcomes.
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Product details
What is included
- The records behind the change, and twelve questions on the approval
- The assessments and approvals in sequence, and the path from proposal to implementation
- The questions you would face if the change were challenged
- A brief, a readiness count and next actions, in an 18-page fillable PDF
Who should use it, and who does what
- A change is about to be approved and you want the risk assessment and the authorization written down together.
- A change that went through is now being questioned.
- You need to show the order in which assessments and approvals happened for a change.
The executive
Reads the first page and the results: the readiness count, the exposure and the next actions. Decides on anything marked for escalation.
The decision owner
Completes the rest from the record. Brings: the change record, the assessments, and the approvals in the order they happened.
When the tool is complete, the Readout turns the counts into one page the executive can read at a glance.
The four lenses it leans on
Each tool tests a decision against the evidence, judgment, risk and authorization behind it. The markers show which ones this tool leans on most.
- Evidencesupporting
- Judgmentsecondary
- Riskprimary
Where it stops
- It tests the reasoning behind an approval. It does not assess the change or replace your change control procedure.
- It does not decide for you, and it does not state that a decision is compliant or ready for inspection.
- It is a fillable PDF you complete from your own records. Every worked example in it uses a fictional decision and says so.
- It is not legal or regulatory advice.
Other tools
If a check shows a gap, the next step is the record itself. See the Inspection Response Record.