The Project Change Order Request – Version 2
Posted by Brad EgelandAs promised – another version of the love-hate Change Order Request. This is a cut/paste from a Word doc template that I would be happy to share. The Word doc version looks much better, but this at least gives you an idea of the content that is being captured here for customer approval.
The main concept is to capture as much information about the proposed scope change as possible and estimate each task effort that it’s going to take to get there. Once that effort and budget info is captured here, that information can easily be rolled into the project schedule to show your customer how the change order request is going to affect the overall project timeline.
I’ve been using this version – or at least some variation of it – for most of the past three years on projects and it’s served me very well. The change order request is always a delicate subject for both the project manager and the customer so handling it carefully and in the greatest detail possible is critical to good decision-making and for on-going customer satisfaction since it usually results in the customer paying more on the project (but not always because even things that decrease the project scope and cost should be documented using this same process….it affects the project, too!).
Again, if you want a Word doc version of the template let me know. And if you have a version you can share, I’d like to see it and share it with our PM Tips readers as well.
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Technical Evaluation |
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Project Manager: |
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Conclusions |
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Budget/Project Impact Evaluation |
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Change of Scope? |
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List of New or Changed Tasks – Projected |
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Cost Change |
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Risk Evaluation |
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TRIRIGA Project Manager: |
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