Who does it?
Creating and approving requests for change
The originator of each change is responsible for starting the request for change cycle each time and for seeing it through to closure.
Originators, peer reviewers and implementers may vary from change to change, but it is likely that the approvers will remain constant.
Communicating changes
Communication to ICT users may be issued by anyone familiar with the change, providing the content of the communication is not too technical and does not include jargon. 
It may be appropriate for the person responsible for ICT or technical support to issue communications, or the person responsible may delegate the task to, for example, the service desk.
Monitoring the Change Management process
Reporting is the responsibility of the person responsible for ICT or technical support.  However, they may delegate it to anyone who has access to completed requests for change.
Making decisions
The person responsible for ICT and/or technical support should make decisions about changes. 
Their decisions should be based on a combination of their interpretation of report data and the answers to any questions arising from that data.  To that end they may need to include anyone involved in the provision of ICT and technical support in the decision- making process.

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