A project manager is managing a few innovation projects with a high level of uncertainty. The project manager is experiencing challenges with the large number of change requests issued due to the natu

Reducing approvers speeds up the process but does not address the underlying issue of why so many change requests are being generated in an uncertain environment.

Requesting sponsor approval for all change requests would likely bottleneck the project, slowing down adaptation and contradicting the agile principle of embracing change.

In highly uncertain and innovative projects, an iterative approach, characteristic of agile methodologies, embraces change and allows for requirements to evolve and be refined over multiple cycles. By structuring the project into shorter iterations, changes can be incorporated as part of the normal development flow rather than requiring formal, cumbersome change requests for every minor adjustment, thus managing change more effectively and reducing the sheer number of formal requests.

Adding a fixed number of allowed change requests is arbitrary and does not align with the dynamic nature of innovation projects, where changes are expected and should be managed flexibly.