Change Authorization

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A Change Authorization is a decision by an Authority that permits a specified Change under stated conditions.

A Change Authorization may identify:

• The authorized Change
• The entity that may be changed
• The permitted alterations
• The applicable Baseline
• The effective period
• The responsible actors or roles
• Required verification and regression testing
• Applicable Requirements
• Applicable Policies
• Applicable Constraints
• Conditions, limitations, or exceptions

A Change Authorization may permit a Change without requiring that the Change be implemented. An authorized Change may subsequently be deferred, canceled, superseded, or allowed to expire.

decision by an authority permitting a specified change under stated conditions

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc., derived from the change-control and configuration-management concepts in ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017 and ISO 10007:2017

A Change Authorization is issued by an Authority. DIDO-TE may record, validate, and enforce the authorization but does not invent the authorization or silently substitute another Authority.

The stated conditions establish the scope within which the Change is permitted. A separate “Authorized Change Scope” term is unnecessary because that scope is part of the Change Authorization.

A Change Authorization should remain distinguishable from:

• A proposed Change
• A request for authorization
• An implemented Change
• A verification result
• A Maintenance Outcome

Conflicting Change Authorizations are recorded and surfaced without DIDO-TE inventing precedence. The appropriate Community of Interest or designated Authority resolves the conflict.

An Authority permits replacement of an identified Test Executable in a specified Baseline, requires regression testing, and limits the authorization to a stated release window. That decision is the Change Authorization.