# What is Impact analysis?

> Impact analysis is the practice of finding everything a proposed change will affect before it is made: the components that reference it, the processes that run through it and the records that rely on it. It turns a guess about risk into a list someone can review.

Source: https://synconai360.com/glossary/impact-analysis

## Why it matters

Without it, teams either avoid changes they need or make them and find out what broke from users.

## In SyncOnAI 360

In SyncOnAI 360, ask what uses or writes a component in plain language, open it in Lineage, and see the same list as the blast radius on the proposal. Live record counts show the data side.

## Related terms

- [Blast radius](https://synconai360.com/glossary/blast-radius)
- [Salesforce dependency](https://synconai360.com/glossary/salesforce-dependency)
- [Picklist](https://synconai360.com/glossary/picklist)