AI Change Impact Assessment Generator

A blank row is unproven. "None" is a finding.

A rushed impact assessment only lists the dimensions someone happened to think of. The ones nobody checked don't show up as gaps — they just look like they weren't affected, which is a very different claim than actually confirming it.

What it does

Ten dimensions, checked every time. Process, roles, systems, data and reporting, documentation, training, testing, third parties, compliance, cost, timeline.
Affected stakeholders named. What changes for each, and what they need to be told or trained on.
Downstream artefacts listed. Requirements, designs, test cases, procedures, reports — with IDs where known.
At least two real options. Implement now, defer, or a reduced version — each with effort, risk and consequence.
Risk of the change, and risk of not making it. Both directions, since the second is usually what actually decides it.

Example

Illustrative only, not a real change record.

Input

Proposed change: add a second
approver for refunds over $500.
Requested by Finance. Needed before
the next audit cycle.

Output (excerpt)

DIMENSION: Systems and interfaces
Impacted: Yes. Refund tool needs a
second-approver field. Severity: M.

DIMENSION: Third parties
Impacted: None — refund process is
fully internal.

RISK OF NOT CHANGING: audit finding
and possible compliance breach if
not in place before the cycle.

How it works with Claude

A one-off install into Claude, about 10 minutes.

Describe the proposed change and why it's needed now.

Get the full impact assessment and a recommendation back.

FAQs

What dimensions should a change impact assessment cover?

Business process, roles and responsibilities, systems and interfaces, data and reporting, documentation, training, testing, third parties, compliance and audit, cost, and timeline — assessed every time, even where the answer is none.

Why assess the risk of not making the change too?

Because that comparison, the risk of changing versus the risk of not changing, is usually what actually decides whether a change gets approved, not the impact list on its own.