The Impact Report provides visibility into your change impacts—their severity distribution, completion status, and trends over time.
Report sections
Severity distribution
Pie chart showing impacts by severity:
- High - Major impacts requiring significant attention
- Medium - Moderate impacts with manageable effort
- Low - Minor impacts with minimal disruption
Use this to:
- Assess overall change burden
- Identify high-risk periods
- Allocate resources appropriately
Status breakdown
View impacts by lifecycle status:
- Backlog
- Todo
- In Progress
- In Review
- Done
- Canceled
Track completion trends and identify bottlenecks.
Timeline view
See impacts over time:
- When impacts were identified
- Mitigation progress
- Expected completion dates
- Actual completion dates
Category analysis
Break down impacts by category:
- Process changes
- Technology changes
- Skills/knowledge requirements
- Organizational structure
- Policy/compliance
- Culture changes
Using the report
Filtering
Narrow the report scope:
- Project - One or multiple projects
- Date range - Created or due within dates
- Severity - Focus on specific severity levels
- Status - Exclude completed or show only active
Drill down
Click any chart segment to:
- See the underlying impacts
- Navigate to individual impact details
- Apply as a filter to other sections
Export
Export for presentations:
- PDF summary - Executive overview
- Detailed CSV - All impact data
- Chart images - Individual visualizations
Insights
The report helps answer:
- How many high-severity impacts do we have?
- Are we completing impacts on schedule?
- Which categories have the most impacts?
- What’s our impact backlog size?
- Are we identifying impacts early enough?
Review the Impact Report weekly during active change projects to catch emerging patterns and address bottlenecks early.
