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The journal is associated with the organization International Association for Impact Assessment. [1] It is edited by Thomas Fischer from University of Liverpool. [2] The journal is a continuation of Impact Assessment (1982–1997) and Project Appraisal (1986–1997). [3]
An important problem concerning technology assessment is the so-called Collingridge dilemma: on the one hand, impacts of new technologies cannot be easily predicted until the technology is extensively developed and widely used; on the other hand, control or change of a technology is difficult as soon as it is widely used. It emphasizes on the ...
Other authors make a distinction between "impact evaluation" and "impact assessment." "Impact evaluation" uses empirical techniques to estimate the effects of interventions and their statistical significance, whereas "impact assessment" includes a broader set of methods, including structural simulations and other approaches that cannot test for ...
If the assessment is favourable, and the proposed policy is enacted—after a suitable length of time for the policy to gain traction—it might be followed by an impact evaluation; ideally, assessed impacts before the fact and evaluated impacts after the fact are not wildly divergent. In some cases, impact becomes politicized due to a change ...
An information technology audit, or information systems audit, is an examination of the management controls within an Information technology (IT) infrastructure and business applications. The evaluation of evidence obtained determines if the information systems are safeguarding assets, maintaining data integrity , and operating effectively to ...
Electronic assessment, also known as digital assessment, e-assessment, online assessment or computer-based assessment, is the use of information technology in assessment such as educational assessment, health assessment, psychiatric assessment, and psychological assessment.
It can also be regarded as a method of technology forecasting [6] or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight. [7] Technology scouting may also be applied as an element of an open innovation approach. [8] [9] Technology scouting is seen as an essential element of a modern technology management system. [10]
Technical debt encompasses various design and implementation decisions that may optimize for the short term at the expense of future adaptability and maintainability. It has been defined as "a collection of design or implementation constructs that make future changes more costly or impossible," primarily impacting internal system qualities such ...