Despite rapid advances in cloud computing, DevOps, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code, many organizations still struggle with a fundamental question: What actually constitutes a “change” in 2025 — and what does not? Is every drift detected, to be managed via change? Misclassification leads to unnecessary workload for change managers, friction for engineering teams, and reduced operational clarity. At the same time, under-governance creates unacceptable risk. Modern Change Management must therefore strike a careful balance between speed and control, using clear decision criteria and placing each activity [...]