What's the right level of change control for requirements?

Requirements are like chameleons—they change colors to match their environment. Taking time to establish version control on the requirements documents will take you a long way toward effective change management.

Striking a balance between insufficiently tracking changes and tracking them to death is tougher than it looks. What kinds of changes should you manage? What level of rigor should you aim for? Unfortunately there are no easy answers, but there are some useful criteria that will help you decide the right level of change control for each project:…

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