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Implement Change Control

Change control is managing the frequency and methods of changing model objects. Change control plays a vital role when the model objects are shared and subsetting is the tool that is used to change the objects.

Effective change control is critical to the timely completion of projects. Change haphazardly or without communicating them requires time for resubsetting, recreating a database, regenerating referential integrity triggers, recreating test data, or both.

The following change control techniques prove helpful:

• Create change request.
• Analyze change request impact.
• Review change request.
• Schedule change, if approved.
• Implement change.
• Communicate change request completion.