Change Management Software

Change Management for your Projects.

In many industries and projects change management is an essential part of the work. With in-STEP BLUE you encounter changes and use stablished processes, in order to keep all changes in view.

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Change management and project management in one single software.

Manage projects with processes.

Customers change their opinions. They add new requirements, change existing ones or prioritize differently. Which is a good thing; because ultimately the aim is to develop the best product possible. With in-STEP BLUE you control operations and projects in one single software, based on your processes for eliciting, structuring and managing changes. For effective change management and high-quality products.

Why change management?

The term Change Management describes all tasks and activities related to the elicitation, evaluation, prioritization, documentation, controlling and tracing of changes as well as their implementation. Change Management is an integral part of many industry sectors, e.g. automotive, medical technology, mechanical engineering, plant engineering or construction. Business Processes such as V-Modell XT or PRINCE2, maturity models like CMMi or SPICE as well as norms and standards are also focusing on Change Management. If you look for change management software while adhering processes, then in-STEP BLUE is the right choice.

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What information do you need?

Project and their contents change constantly. Customers change their opinions. Departments refine their concepts. Sponsors reprioritize. Managing these changes is part of daily business for companies. It includes change tracking and structured elicitation; analysis and evaluation; the planning of measures. Effective change management is only possible in an integrated software solution. With a software that supports you processes and procedures, with configurable forms and support for effective requirements, risk, test case and project management. for instant access to your changes, at any time.

How does in-STEP BLUE support you?

in-STEP BLUE is many-faceted. You can plan and manage projects with in-STEP BLUE. But projects are subject to constant change. Resources are reallocated; changes are added; technical problems arise. An integrated software solution provides you constant and frictionless access to your individual procedures for change management. As change management software in-STEP BLUE offers at the same time requirements management, test cases and risks. For individual projects or entire organizations. Effective rights and role management included.

Change management within your team

With in-STEP BLUE you and your team work in a shared software package. Every staff member can concentrate on their task, they remain informed of new developments—provided they have the corresponding rights—and can work on all aspects that pertain to their roles. Best of all, the system doesn’t have unnecessary intersection points with other tools. You can define the information that you would like to change, the kinds of relationships that should exist between various artefacts as well as the number of figures you require for your evaluations. That way you can make good decisions with a single change management software package.

Erfassen eines Problems beim Changemanagement

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Mit in-STEP BLUE können Sie Änderungen leicht erfassen. Nutzen Sie einfach ein bereits vorkonfiguriertes Formular mit vielen nützlichen Informationen.

Von Änderungen betroffene Projekte anzeigen

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Änderungen haben häufig Auswirkungen auf andere Aspekte eines Projekts, wie bspw. Terminpläne, Dokumente, Anforderungen, etc. Mit in-STEP BLUE managen Sie sämtliche Infomationen eines Vorhabens in einem gemeinsamen System, so dass Sie leicht Beziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Elementen festlegen und anschließend nachvollziehen können.

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Natürlich stehen Ihnen auch beim Umgang mit Change Requests vielen Optionen zur Verfügung. So können Sie sich Unterschiede zwischen verschiedenen Versionen eines Change Requests anschauen, Zustände verändern oder auch direkt zu betroffenen Elementen – hier bspw. das Datenschutzkonzept – navigieren.

Aktionen und Bedingungen für Änderungsanträge definieren

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Apropos Zustände: Leicht definieren Sie in in-STEP BLUE die Zustände, die ein Änderungsantrag durchlaufen kann, sowie die entsprechenden Zustandsübergänge. Mittels der Zustände können Sie auch automatische Benachrichtigungen verschicken, bspw. wenn sich ein ‘beantragter Änderungsantrag’ ‘genehmigt” wurde.

Prüfung von Change Requests in in-STEP BLUE

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Wollen Sie separate, formale Prüfungen im Rahmen eines definierten Prozesses durchführen? Kein Problem, denn Sie definieren nicht nur Zustände, sondern können das gesamte Handling von Änderungen nach Ihren Vorstellungen festlegen. So erhalten Sie die optimale Unterstützung für den Umgang mit allen anfallenden Änderungen.

Change Informationen aus in-STEP BLUE exportieren

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Und wenn Sie Änderungen in separaten Tools darstellen wollen – bspw. zur Erzeugung von Diagramme in MS Excel – ein Klick genügt und die Informationen werden in das gewünschte Format exportiert.

Click here for a list of functions of change management with in-STEP BLUE

Manage, categorize and evaluate change requests.
Define attributes and customize request forms.
Version change requests, access their history and determine changes.
Create individual reports and evaluations at the push of a button.
Create estimations of costs and efforts for impact analyses.
Relate change requests to requirements and identify risks.v
Easily document and manage change requests and all related data.
Define individual access and editing rights as well as role-specific views.
Custom-tailor change management procedures and adjust it to the needs of your organization.
Keep your team up-to-date on all changes and news and improve communication.
Instant notifications and confirmations for all users.
Task assignment for scheduled change realizations.
Easy monitoring of all change requests and their individual states.
Integrated configuration monitoring for the entire life cycle.
Include change requests in documents.
Customizable templates for change realization.
Adjust change management to your specific needs.
Customizable reports and evaluations.
Check lists for change management operation.
Define guidelines for handling of changes.
Create workflows for specific tasks and roles.
Patterns for the utilization of methods.
Improve quality through methods and business processes in your organization.
Combine change, configuration and project management as well as quality assurance.
Individual key figures for reporting.
Support your team with helpful guidelines.

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What users say about in-STEP BLUE

“Thanks to in-STEP BLUE our audits are now completely hassle-free and more efficient, in particular because of the full traceability and control in-STEP BLUE offers even for individual processes. The auditors were impressed, too.“

Martin Horn

Project Manager, SurgicEye GmbH

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