Sometimes a member of the project team can incorporate a change without communicating that change to anyone else on the project. While disasters do not always h

Question

Sometimes a member of the project team can incorporate a change without communicating that change to anyone else on the project. While disasters do not always happen, is it ever a good idea to allow this to happen? How can it be prevented?

Answer 1

Incorporating a change into a project unilaterally without communicating it to anyone is a gross violation of the good practices of change management. Such behavior also carries the risk of key stakeholder rejection and adverse post-completion audit.

Yes, disasters happen and when they do, they have devastating consequences on the cost,time,scope and other performance factors. So, the best approach is to prevent it from happening.

Disasters or crisis can be prevented through rigorous risk management to determine the early warning signs and taking mitigative actions to prevent its occurrence