{"head":{"title":"Change Request Template: Free Builder | OceanLab","description":"Write a software change request with the reason, effort, cost and schedule impact, and an approval block. Copy or download it as Markdown. Free.","canonical":"https://oceanlab.in/tools/change-request-template"},"tool":{"slug":"change-request-template","path":"/tools/change-request-template","name":"Change request template","h1":"Change request template","lede":"Describe the change and its impact on effort, cost and dates, and get a change request ready to approve.","category":"delivery","categoryTitle":"Run the project","method":["The form follows what an approver needs: what changes, why, priority, effort in hours, cost (hours × rate), schedule impact, what it affects, risks and the options considered.","The rate defaults to OceanLab's engineering rate of $50 an hour. Use the rate in your own contract.","The document is built in your browser as Markdown, with an approval block at the end."],"sources":[],"faq":[{"question":"When do I need a change request?","answer":"Whenever a change moves the agreed scope, cost or dates. It keeps both sides clear on what was agreed, and is most important on fixed-price and milestone contracts."},{"question":"Should small changes get one too?","answer":"Agree a threshold, for example anything over a day of work. Smaller changes can be batched into one request."},{"question":"What rate does it use?","answer":"OceanLab's engineering rate of $50 an hour by default. Change it to the rate in your contract."},{"question":"Is anything I enter sent anywhere?","answer":"No. The tool runs in your browser and there is no sign-up. 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