You are the project manager for the GHY Organization. A stakeholder has presented a change to your project that will cause the project scope to increase considerably. You are considering the change…

The scope change control system manages only changes to the scope baseline and does not evaluate impacts on other knowledge areas such as cost or schedule.

The change control system is a broader term referring to the set of tools and procedures used to manage changes, but it does not specifically define the cross-knowledge-area impact review process.

Configuration management tracks and controls changes to project documents and deliverables but does not address the cross-functional impact of a change across all knowledge areas.

Integrated change control is the process that ensures every change request is formally reviewed for its effects on scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and all other knowledge areas together. It prevents changes from being approved in isolation, which could create cascading effects that harm other aspects of the project. This holistic, cross-functional review is what distinguishes integrated change control from more narrowly scoped control systems.