# Change Control ### Purpose Change control protects delivery, commercial position, timelines, and customer expectations. Any material change to scope, deliverables, milestones, responsibilities, assumptions, pricing, or acceptance criteria must be controlled. ### What Counts as Change A change may include: * new deliverables * removed deliverables * altered acceptance criteria * additional environments * additional integrations * revised timeline * change in customer dependencies * change in security requirements * new reporting requirement * new supplier requirement * expanded support requirement ### Change Request Requirements A change request must include: * change title * change description * reason for change * impact on scope * impact on timeline * impact on cost * impact on risk * impact on IP * impact on security * impact on acceptance * approval status * effective date ### Operating Rule No material change is implemented until approved through the agreed change control process. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://framework.aic.io/company-operating-manual/commercial-and-contracting-model/change-control.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.