In software development

Software development

Software development is the development of a software product...

, a Change Control Board (CCB) or Software Change Control Board (SCCB) is a committee that makes decisions regarding whether or not proposed changes to a software project

Software project management

Software project management is the art and science of planning and leading software projects. It is a sub-discipline of project management in which software projects are planned, monitored and controlled.-History:...

 should be implemented. The change control board is constituted of project stakeholders or their representatives. The authority of the change control board may vary from project to project, but decisions reached by the change control board are often accepted as final and binding.

A typical change control board consists of the development manager, the test lead and a product manager.