Change Control Board
A group responsible for reviewing change requests and approving or rejecting them.
A Change Control Board (CCB) is a formally constituted group that reviews change requests and holds the authority to approve, defer, or reject them. Its membership, voting rights, and escalation thresholds are defined in the change management plan, so it operates within a pre-agreed governance structure rather than ad hoc. The exam nuance is distinguishing the CCB from the project manager’s own authority: minor changes within the PM’s approved tolerance need no CCB review, while changes outside those thresholds are escalated. On agile or hybrid projects, the product owner reprioritizing the backlog often fulfills this role, but the governance principle holds.
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