Definition:
An Impact is the estimated or actual numeric effect of a Design-Idea (or set of Design-Ideas or Evo-Step) on a Requirement Attribute under given Conditions.
Detailing
Full Impact information includes the following: a Scale-Impact, a Percentage-Impact and uncertainty data (known Error margins).
The additional related information required to support an Impact includes the evidence, source(s) and Credibility.
If an Impact is estimated, it is an Impact-Estimate *433.
Illustrations
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Type
[Impact *087]: Noun, Scalar Metric Data.
Examples
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Notes
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Keyed-Icons
->@ or ->.@
This icon symbolizes Impact (->) on a target (@) which is what Design-Ideas “do”.
Drawn-Icons
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Related-Concepts
Impact-Estimate *433
Impacts *334
History-of-Concept
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This Concept entered by Kay Dudman.