Change Management: Key Factor in Pharmaceutical Organizations (Existing Information Systems Approach)

In this article we describe an integrated view of change management (CM) for the pharmaceutical organizations: a powerful concept for the users dealing with change. We present a clear approach that defines the change management framework and provides an efficient means of tracking changes to new and existing systems, applications, and environments within the organization. We argue that change management in information systems enables centralized documentation of the completed changes, establishes responsibility and authority, and closely controls the developmental and/or validation environment prior to production phase. We believe that a clear understanding on change management is necessary to ensure that all changes are validated through a planned approach and to assure all concerned systems, applications and environments remain stable and secure