A recorded choice to retain or revise scope, date, investment or risk after changed evidence has been investigated and its effect on the forecast has been assessed.

# Forecast adjustment decision

This authored term separates observing a signal from changing a plan. It does not imply that every anomaly warrants intervention or that a forecast should be adjusted before the measurement and plausible causes are checked.

## Sources

- gao-cost-estimating-guide-2020 (primary)