Have you seen the article "All changes should be free!"?

Are there times when you see something that makes you say "HUH?". Well I was looking at some discussions on a link-in group and came across a note about this article "All changes should be free!" -By Ana Kacarska, Product Manager at Seavus.

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=26536024&gid=89884&srchCat=CMPY&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fpmtips%2Enet%2Fchange-management-free%2F&urlhash=dx0N&trk=news_discuss

I have been accused of exaggerating to make a point and I would expect that has been done here. So I don't want to be the pot calling the kettle black but following this approach sounds very irresponsible. Project management and change management are not the villians. If you have all the time & resources in the world (exaggertion) then you by all means try this. You need control of enterprise projects so that multiple groups can work in parallel toward agreed upon objectives. I do agree that changes are good and continuing with a plan where changes are needed is bad but giving users carte blanche to make changes is not wise. Increased costs and schedule delays do not make happy customers (or bosses). "All changes should be free!" is alot like giving your 16 year old son the keys to a Corvette and saying go have a good time. It will probably not end well.