The purpose of this policy is to describe the responsibilities, policies, and procedures to be followed when
any changes to the Details application (application) by Berlin 3 Services Gmbh (Berlin3) are to be made.
The Change Control policy is designed to provide a managed and orderly method in which changes to the
application are requested, tested and approved prior to implementation. The purpose is not to question the
rationale of a change, but to ensure that all elements are in place, there is no negative impact on the
infrastructure, all the necessary parties are notified in advance and the schedule for implementation is
coordinated with all other activities
The CTO must approve any exceptions to this policy in advance.
Change: to transform, alter, or modify the application that may have a potential or significant impact on
the stability and reliability of the infrastructure and/or impacts on the conducting of normal business
operation.
Event: any activity outside of normal operating procedures that will have a potential or significant impact
on the stability and reliability of the application, i.e. Misuse or change to the provided services causing a
denial of service to any other user. Change and Event may be used interchangeably throughout this
document.
Change Request: The official request for any change should be submitted via email to the CTO. End users
requests should be submitted via email to Support where it can be routed to the appropriate member of
Berlin3 for review.
All employees, contractors, consultants, temporary and other workers at Berlin3, including all personnel affiliated with third parties that may have access to the application on behalf of Berlin3 must adhere to this policy.
Change Management provides a process to apply changes, upgrades, or modifications to the application
and/or environment. This covers any and all changes to hardware, software or networks. The policy is in
place to ensure that any change that affects one or all of the environments that Berlin3 relies on to conduct
normal business operations are protected.
Changes to the environment arise from many circumstances, such as:
Emergencies exist only as a result of:
Prior the commencement of any planned or scheduled maintenance, the maintenance must be agreed to by a the CTO in any savable digital form.
An Application Change Log shall be kept in a publicly accessible location for the Berlin3 and selected outside parties to view. Every member of the Berlin3, who is in a position to make changes to the application, will be required to document any changes being made without exception. Other members of Berlin3 are encouraged to review the log from time to time to keep abreast of the changes going on in the application.