Ching,

I can do this on my iPad's calculator in the Mugg & Bean after my daily Due Diligence in the pool, and now, since Winter is Coming, even outside :-)-O, but, as my wife likes to say, Toys for the Boys :-)-O

Anyway, seriously, and referencing what Volker, Marc and Brian wrote, I agree that the scope of this PDP is narrow, and would be the last person to go to Council and ask for more.

But, and forgive me for using this analogy, coming from Evidence Based Medicine and on a daily basis having had to not only figure what was wrong with a patient, but also why, what to do about it, and what the consequences would be of any actions or inaction, which sort of became ingrained, I wonder if using a Data Driven approach to Decision Making would not be more effective.

In other words, I would like to see, when answering each question, some form of who would be impacted and how.

If we conjure a Policy and do the Impact Analysis only at the end, we run the risk of wasting two years of work. If we look at the impacts during each step, however, the Impact Analysis would be simple collating.

By the way, I also think this mailing list is a good place to have these (side) discussions, or even only (my) musings.