Business Change and ImplementationResource

Impact Assessment/Analysis

Identifying the consequences of proposed change.

Impact assessment examines how a proposed change may affect people, processes, information, technology, costs, risks, controls and dependent initiatives.

How to use this tool

  1. Define change and scope

    Define the proposed change and assessment scope.

  2. Identify affected areas

    Identify affected areas and stakeholders.

  3. Assess impacts and risks

    Assess impacts, risks, dependencies and assumptions.

  4. Validate and assign actions

    Validate the findings and assign mitigation or implementation actions.

References & further reading

Winter, H. (2023). The Business Analysis Handbook: Techniques to Deliver Better Business Outcomes, 2nd ed. Kogan Page. ISBN 9781398610132.