A standard CAB agenda will assist the CAB members in formally reviewing any authorized changes in terms of impact, urgency, benefits and risk.
A standard CAB agenda should include the following:
- The status of previously deployed changes (success/failure)
- A list of the "Requests for Change" to be assessed
- Status of testing (verification and validation)
- Status of release planning activities, such as training, documentation readiness and rollback procedures
- Assessment of impact, urgency and priority
- Assessment of risks and business benefits
- Schedule of changes to minimize risk
- Review of all unauthorized and emergency changes
- Suggestions for improvement of the change management process