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Change identity
- Change title recorded.
- Date and time recorded.
- Requester recorded.
- Approver recorded.
- Person or company performing the change recorded.
- Systems affected recorded.
- Guest, owner, crew, bridge-adjacent, security, or OT impact noted where applicable.
Reason and risk
- Business or operational reason recorded.
- Expected benefit recorded.
- Risk if change is not made recorded.
- Risk if change fails recorded.
- Planned maintenance window recorded.
- Communication plan recorded for bridge, captain, interior, owner office, or vendors where needed.
Technical change record
- Device, controller, firewall, switch, server, cloud portal, or application changed.
- Previous setting or baseline recorded.
- New setting or baseline recorded.
- Configuration backup taken before change.
- Screenshot or export stored where practical.
- Rollback method recorded.
- Temporary access or vendor VPN window recorded.
Test and acceptance
- Basic connectivity tested.
- Guest, crew, owner, AV/control, CCTV, SatCom, or management zone tested where applicable.
- Firewall, VLAN, DHCP, DNS, Wi-Fi, or routing behaviour checked where relevant.
- Monitoring, logging, or alerting checked after change.
- User acceptance confirmed where needed.
- Open defects or follow-up actions recorded.
Handover closeout
- Network diagram updated.
- IP/VLAN register updated.
- Device ownership register updated.
- Firewall rule or exception register updated where applicable.
- Backup location confirmed.
- Support vendor notified of final configuration.
- Captain or management summary provided in plain language.
- Next review date assigned.