What you will be able to do
Learning outcomes
- Explain why change management underpins reliance on automated controls
- Distinguish standard, normal and emergency changes and the controls each needs
- Identify where controls live in a CI/CD pipeline and what evidence they leave
- Build a complete population of changes from the system, not the ticket tool
- Test direct access to production, configuration changes and vendor releases
Part 1: How change works in 2026
Not every change needs the same control · The path to production · In a pipeline, the controls move into the tooling · Developers should not deploy their own code · When the vendor changes your system
Part 2: Testing change
The most important step: a complete list of changes · Testing change management · Fast is fine. Unreviewed is not. · Who can change production outside the process? · Not every change is code · Six ways change testing goes wrong
Worked example
A synthetic audit finding on production changes made outside the process, plus a four-question knowledge check with suggested answers.
19-slide course deck
Every slide has full speaker notes, a worked audit finding, a knowledge check and current sources.
Participant workbook
Notes pages, a finding template, a 10-question knowledge check and a glossary.
Excel exercises
Match 60 production deployments to approved changes. Test who can change production. All data is fictional.
Pricing
Choose your pack
Learner Pack
£29 one-off
For self-study and auditors building their skills.
- Course deck (PDF, 19 slides)
- Participant workbook
- Excel exercise file
- Single-user licence
Trainer Licence
£149 one-off
For audit managers, trainers and consultancies.
- Everything in the Learner Pack
- Editable PowerPoint with full speaker notes
- Exercise answer key and model finding
- Licence to deliver the course to your own teams or clients
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