Change Request Governance
Change request governance template — route engineering changes through the right approvers with 3 gates, no shortcuts, and a complete record of who approved what and when.
For: Operations & Engineering teams
What this template includes
Process steps
- 1Submit change request: describe change, scope, risk level, and rollback plan
- 2Technical review: peer assessment of implementation approach and risk — Engineering gate
- 3Impact analysis: identify affected systems, teams, and dependencies
- 4Change Advisory Board review for high-risk changes — CAB gate
- 5Schedule change window and notify affected stakeholders
- 6Execute change with real-time status updates and rollback criteria documented
- 7Post-change verification and final sign-off — Operations gate
Why teams use this template
Change requests fail when the approval path is unclear. Engineers route changes to whoever responds fastest, CAB reviews happen informally, and when something breaks in production, no one has a clean record of who approved what.
This template enforces a consistent review path — technical peer review, CAB review for high-risk changes, and a final post-change verification — with three gates that create accountability at each decision point.
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