Definition:
Concept Number: *273
English Master: Side-Effect
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms: none
Detailing
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Illustrations
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Type
Design Concept, Scalar Metric.
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Notes
1. Side-Effects can be evaluated at a design stage and/or observed at an implementation stage, or even operational or decommissioning stage. Conventional usage of “Side-Effect” implies “negative effects”, but positive Side-Effects can be just as likely and, just as interesting!
2. Side-Effects can be of the following categories: “intended or unintended” “known or unknown” and “negative, neutral or positive”.
“Intended” Means that we have chosen the design because we knew about and valued those particular Side-Effects.
“Known” Means we were aware of the existence and possibly the Levels of the Side-Effects.
“Unknown” Means we were not initially aware of the Side-Effects, but may have become aware of them at some later stage of considering the design (such as in testing, in a review or in operation).
Keyed-Icons
- .->
“*” represents multiple Impacts, including multiple Side-Effects. “->“ represents the “Impacts” symbol.
Example:
DesignX *.-> {AttributeY, AttributeZ}.
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Related-Concepts
Impacts *334: This Parameter is used to specify Side-Effects.
History-of-Concept
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This Concept entered by Peter Davies.