Program, Project, Business and Social Action – Impact Assessment

Social Business Intelligence in Action

Social Business Intelligence (SBI) relies on user-generated content to let decision-makers analyze their business in the light of the environmental trends. SBI projects come in a variety of shapes, with different demands. Hence, finding the right cost-benefit compromise depending on the project goals and time horizon and on the available resources may be hard for the designer. In this paper we ...

Business Intelligence Impact Assessment

Organizations strive to enhance performance in an amplified ambiguous environment, by assessing internal working units’ efficiency and redesigning organizational structure to achieve this goal. Business Intelligence (BI) is an IT resource that impact both process and overall organization performance. Identifying how BI affects performance has major implications for both organizations that imple...

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Strengthening impact assessment: a call for integration and focus Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope, Jill A.E. Gunn, Alan Bond & Francois Retief a School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA6150, Australia b School of Geo and Spatial Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa c Integral Sustain...

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

The Business Impact Assessment Process

Why business impact assessment? The reason that the business impact assessment (BIA) element of the business continuity planning (BCP) methodology takes on such significance is that it sets the stage for shaping a business-oriented judgment concerning the appropriation of resources for recovery planning efforts. Our experiences in this area have shown that, all too often, recovery alternative d...