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Chapter 6 ■ Service Transition<br />

Create Change<br />

Create Change<br />

Change Approvals<br />

Build<br />

System Test<br />

UAT<br />

Change<br />

Authorization<br />

Release Upgrade<br />

Business<br />

Verification<br />

Technical<br />

Verification<br />

Relate Incident<br />

Change Approvals<br />

Liaise with Vendor<br />

Change Authorization<br />

Replace Hard Disk<br />

Technical Verification<br />

Closure<br />

Closure<br />

Change Model for Software Upgrade<br />

Change Model for Hard Disk Replacement<br />

Figure 6-1. Examples of two change models<br />

Change model is a repeatable way of dealing with a particular category<br />

of change. A change model defines specific agreed-upon steps that will be<br />

followed for a change of this category.<br />

Not all organizations opt for change models. They run with change management<br />

processes that are standard for all technologies, teams, and customers. This has its<br />

limitations, although the concept of standardizing sounds good on paper. Tailoring the<br />

process through change models helps improve delivery and provides better control<br />

and governance of changes. Generally speaking, every change model must contain the<br />

following:<br />

• Individual steps for processing changes, including mitigation<br />

and risks<br />

• Identifying dependencies and chronology of change activities<br />

• Identifying responsibilities and accountabilities (basically RACI)<br />

for individual activities<br />

• Relating service-level agreements (SLA) and KPIs for every activity<br />

• Escalation matrix associated with the process<br />

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