Change control process in SAP PPM

Dear All,
I am keen to know if PPM 6.0 offers any functionality to handle the project or portfolio change management. The requirement is to have a change request for applying the change in project scope/cost/budget and it needs to get formally approved before the change is accepted. alongside that, it is expected to have reporting to show how many change requests were raised for a specific PPM item and how many are approved and pending for approval.
What is the impact of a specific change request on the project and overall portfolio?
I know SAP Commercial Project management has this functionality in form of 'Project issue and change management', but does this also exists in PPM 6.0?
thanks in advance!
Regards,
Mahendra

Hi Mahendra,
This feature is not available in PPM 6.0 and this is a unique feature built in CPM to manage all capital projects.
You can refer the below link for latest release notes of PPM 6.0 which contains details of this version.
SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.0 – SAP Help Portal Page
Regards,
Ravi

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