Role: Change Assessor
A Change Assessor is responsible for assessing a change request and assigning it to one of the approval statuses. Change Assessors are typically representatives of groups directly involved in or impacted by the change.
Role Sets: Change Management Roles
Relationships

Change_Assessor
Additionally Performs
Main Description

Responsibilities

  • Provides timely assessment of a requested change from a specific perspective.  (It should be noted that a change can be approved from the perspective of various Change Assessors, but the change is not authorized until the Change Authority reviews the feedback from all Change Assessors and authorizes the change.)
  • Ensures all applicable changes are reviewed
  • Assesses impacts (business, technical, scheduling, implementation, and so on) of a change
  • Communicates any issues or concerns with a change to the Requester with a copy to the Change Manager and all pre-defined Assessors
  • Identifies an alternate Assessor to the Change Manager, when applicable
  • Communicates an alternate Assessor to the Change Manager
  • Considers the plan implementation date; that is, closing week for quarter end, day of week

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