Change Management as defined by any of the IT service management standards such as ITIL or MOF, is a very well defined process. The challenge with SharePoint is that the platform is constantly changing. The users are always adding content, new libraries, new sites, new collections, as well as modifying list, site, site collection, and farm settings. To say SharePoint is always changing is not the least bit of an exaggeration.
This constant state of change does put some pressure on any Change Management process, and you will need to adapt your SharePoint Change Management process to your compliance requirements. Here are a few good starting points.
No change to the production or staging farm is ever permitted without first completing the appropriate Change Management Process.
At face value, the "standard" might seem outrageous or impossible, but it's not. Every organization needs to clearly define which change requires a Change Request, and what...