Impact Assessment is important because it’s used to determine the level of Commissioning, Qualification and Validation (CQV) Activities required for each equipment/system.
Direct, Indirect, No Impact
They are as follows:
- Complete Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) Activities are required for the Direct Impact systems.
- Commissioning and Basic Level of Qualification activities are required for the Indirect Impact systems as per the intended use of the system. The scope of a basic level of qualification shall be determined by SMEs depending upon the criticality of the system.
- No qualification or validation activities are required for No Impact systems, however, they shall be designed and commissioned according to Good Engineering practices (if required).
The Level of CQV Activities depends on the impact assessment as outlined in the following diagram:
