Impact assessment
A structured examination of how a system affects people, rights, operations, or environments.
What Impact assessment does not show
Its quality depends on affected groups, evidence, and follow-up rather than template completion.
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Questions about Impact assessment
What is Impact assessment?
A structured examination of how a system affects people, rights, operations, or environments.
What does Impact assessment not show or guarantee?
Its quality depends on affected groups, evidence, and follow-up rather than template completion.
Which area of the glossary does Impact assessment belong to?
Governance and rights: Who may use content for what: rights reservations, opt-outs, licences, model documentation and the accountability vocabulary around them.
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