impact analysis
Consequence study method
Impact analysis is a systematic evaluation of how a proposed change, decision, or event will affect other parts of a system, organization, or project.
Common in software development, business planning, and policy work: Before updating the database, we need to do an impact analysis.
The goal is to identify ripple effects and unintended consequences before committing to action.
- scopingDefining limits or extent
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
- efficiency gainsImproved resource utilization results
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- risk assessmentEvaluating likelihood of harm
blast radius · knock-on effects · risk mitigation · ripple effects · domino effect · public policy · cost savings · before and after · contingency planning · business strategy · disaster management · ramification · environmental science · ripple · footprint · baseline · trace · change
- analysisanalyze, evaluate, examine, assess, interpret
- Crash InvestigationsNTSB, crash investigation, crash site, crash scene, black box
- Project Reviewsfeasibility study, risk assessment, performance metrics, budget review, lessons learned
- risk analysisrisk assessment, risk management, risk mitigation, risk factors, risk reduction
- foresightforesight, precognition, futurology, forethought, premonition
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
impact analysisgut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
intuition · shooting from the hip · guesswork · wild guess · winging it
impact analysisknee-jerk reaction
Instinctive, unconsidered response
crisis management · damage control · improvisation · flying blind