Change Management

Change management is a structured process for controlling modifications to requirements and engineering artifacts throughout a project's lifecycle. This engineering discipline ensures that changes are properly documented and tracked, evaluated, approved, and implemented without disrupting ongoing development activities. Changes are managed in relation to baselines, which provide an approved reference point for assessing what is being altered. 

So, by maintaining traceability and consistency with established baselines, change management reduces the risk of uncontrolled evolution, supports coordination across teams, and helps keep system development aligned with project objectives.