What is the goal of a change management process?

• A. To document risks
• B. To align stakeholders
• C. To prevent scope creep
• D. To communicate status

Answer: (C)

Preventing uncontrolled expansion of project scope is the goal of a change management process. By providing a formal path to submit, evaluate, authorize, and implement changes, it ensures every change is assessed for its impact on scope, schedule, cost, and quality before approval. This keeps the project baseline stable and prevents scope creep—the gradual addition of work without proper authorization. The change process also involves the right stakeholders and ensures changes align with project objectives, but the main purpose is to control changes to avoid drift. Other items like documenting risks, aligning stakeholders, or communicating status are important activities in their own areas, yet they aren’t the primary aim of change management.