What component of the change management system is responsible for evaluating, testing, and documenting changes created to the project scope?

A.
Configuration Management System

B.
Project Management Information System

C.
Scope Verification

D.
Integrated Change Control

Explanation:

The change management system is comprised of several components that guide the change request through the process. When a change request is made that will affect the project scope. The Configuration Management System evaluates the change request and documents the features and functions of the change on the project scope.
What is Configuration Management System?
Configuration Management System is a subsystem of the overall project management system. It is a collection of formal documented procedures used to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a product, result, service, or component of the project. It also controls any changes to such characteristics, and records and reports each change and its implementation status. It includes the documentation, tracking systems, and defined approval levels necessary for authorizing and controlling changes. Audits are performed as part of configuration management to determine if the requirements have been met.
Answer option D is incorrect. Integrated Change Control, part of the change control system, does not document changes to the features and functions of the project scope. It evaluates the change’s impact on eight knowledge areas. scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement.
What is Perform Integrated Change Control?
Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and controlling changes to the deliverables and organizational process assets in a project. Perform Integrated Change Control has to do with influencing the things that cause change, determining that the change is required or has happened, and managing the change.
Answer option C is incorrect. Verify scope is a process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables. It is an inspection-driven process the stakeholders will complete to inspect the project scope deliverables. It is typically performed at the end of the phase and at the end of the project. Answer option B is incorrect. The Project Management Information System (PMIS) is an information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes. It is used to support all aspects of the project from initiating through closing, and can include both manual and automated systems. It is the parent of the change control process. It is a system that includes all of the change control processes for scope, time, cost, and procurement.
Configuration management is part of the PMIS.
Reference: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge from the Project Management Institute, ISBN. 978-1-933890-51-7; Chapter 4 Page 94.