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Change control form

A per-change working form aligned to ICH Q10 change management and EU GMP Annex 15 §11.

The two failure modes inspectors find in change control are impact assessments written after approval and changes closed without evidence they worked. This form hard-wires the right order: describe, classify, assess five impact dimensions, approve, implement through document control, then verify effectiveness before closure.

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Change control form template — the Excel workbook you download, showing its steps and columns
Change control form template — the Excel workbook you download, showing its steps and columns

What the form covers

The workbook walks 15 steps across the change lifecycle — PROPOSE, ASSESS, APPROVE, IMPLEMENT, CLOSE — one workbook per change, each step with response, evidence-reference, owner, date and status columns (Open / In progress / Complete / N-A dropdown), plus an Instructions tab and a worked example.

  • Change description, rationale and major/minor classification
  • Impact assessment: product quality, validation, regulatory, documents, training
  • QA approval before implementation, with conditions recorded
  • Implementation through document control with training completed first
  • Post-implementation review and effectiveness evidence before closure

Frequently asked questions

What must be assessed before a change is approved?

At minimum: product quality impact, validation impact (does the change break a validated state?), regulatory impact (variation or notification?), affected documents, and training needs. The form carries one row per dimension so none is skipped silently.

What is the difference between a major and minor change?

Classification reflects potential impact on product quality and the validated state — and drives the depth of assessment and approval. Whatever scheme your SOP defines, the form requires the classification and its rationale to be recorded, which is what gets checked in audit.

When can a change be closed?

After implementation is complete AND effectiveness is verified — first-batch or monitoring evidence examined and a conclusion recorded. Closing on 'actions done' without the verification step is the classic gap this form is built to prevent.

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