5. Foresight on challenges and benefits of the adoption

A foresight study is an approach to make sense of the future based on the information available from the recent past and the present, which allows researchers for strategically make assumptions and decisions in an informed way. It allows foreseeing most probable impacts arising from current drivers of change.

Differently from the impact study, it does not seek to assess the feasibility of DT application in terms of ethical, legal, and social aspects, but rather in terms of the effectiveness of the adoption. In this sense the foresight study proposed under this step relies on the identification of the challenges and benefits for the adoption, in order to identify whether the balance is favourable and beneficial to society.

Roles involved at this stage	Activity to be carried out	ETAPAS tools that can support the activity
Research team	Literature review of challenges and benefits of the adoption of a certain DT in previous experiences.
Specific expert of the DT adopted	Assess whether the DT has an actual possibility of responding effectively to the need.
Financial of procurement advisor	Initially assess the feasibility of the implementation plan in terms of effective resources.
Process coordinator	Ensure that the plan and objectives underlined by the project manager are being considered and performed accordingly.