feasibility study
Project practicality analysis
A feasibility study is a formal assessment of whether a proposed project or plan is practical and worth pursuing.
It typically evaluates costs, resources, potential obstacles, and expected outcomes before committing to full implementation: The city commissioned a feasibility study for the new transit line.
The goal is to determine if something can realistically be done—and whether it should be.
Determining worth or quality
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- reviewCritical written assessment
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
investigation · due diligence · audit · scrutiny · survey · research · inquiry · benchmarking
Prediction of future conditions
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
- estimationApproximate value judgment
prediction · extrapolation · outlook · trend analysis · prognosis · risk assessment · financial modeling · ROI
Detailed plan forward
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- scopeExtent or range
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
milestones · budgeting · scheduling · timeline · logistics · coordination · strategy · preparation
Quality of being useful
- achievableAble to be accomplished
- workableAble to be implemented
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- implementableAble to be enacted
realistic · attainable · executable · operational · manageable · cost-effective · scalable · bankable
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
examination · investigation · due diligence · audit · scrutiny · survey · research · inquiry · benchmarking · verification
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
estimation · prediction · extrapolation · outlook · trend analysis · prognosis · risk assessment · financial modeling · ROI · break-even
roadmap
Detailed plan forward
objectives · milestones · budgeting · scheduling · timeline · logistics · coordination · strategy · preparation · design
practicality
Quality of being useful
- achievableAble to be accomplished
- workableAble to be implemented
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
implementable · realistic · attainable · executable · operational · manageable · cost-effective · scalable · bankable · profitable
- analysisanalyze, analysis, evaluate, data analysis, examine
- fundraisingdonation, donations, donor, donors, fundraiser
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- trialsjury trial, bench trial, civil trial, criminal trial, retrial
- business casesmarket entry, due diligence, turnaround plan, restructuring plan, expansion plan
- business plansbusiness plan, strategic plan, action plan, master plan, roadmap
feasibility studyimplementation
Putting plans into effect
execution · deployment · rollout · construction · production
feasibility studyhasty decision
Choice made without deliberation
shooting from the hip · flying blind · leap of faith · winging it · snap judgment
feasibility studyfinal decision
Irreversible ruling or choice
commitment · green light · ground-breaking · point of no return · sunk costs
study, studies, studious, feasible, feasibility, studiously, infeasible, unfeasible, feasibly