Term Definition: Emergency Change Advisory Board (ECAB)
Main Description

A streamlined version of the Change Advisory Board (CAB) designed to handle emergency changes that are submitted.  The ECAB must act quickly on emergency changes and may not have time to fully assess the impact of an emergency change.  Composition of the ECAB is determined by the Change Management Framework. Typically, the ECAB consists of the Change Manager, an IT executive, and a few other IT managers.