Global Impact Catalyst: End-to-End Sample Workflow

Purpose

This end-to-end workflow demonstrates every documented Global Impact Catalyst capability through one fictional resilient-community-retrofit case. The objective is not to prove a real-world conclusion; it is to verify the complete product workflow with controlled data.

Prerequisites

• The current product release
• A new synthetic workspace
• The all-feature CSV and JSON
• No production or private information
• Time to review every checkpoint

Sample data

This article uses a fictional Resilient Community Retrofit Program. The files contain one demonstration row for every documented feature, so each capability can be tested without private or production data.

Download CSV feature examples · Download JSON workspace example

Preview

The downloadable files include all 18 feature rows.

Procedure

Scenario

A community center is assessing energy, comfort, financing, implementation, evidence, and monitoring needs. Use only the supplied fictional records.

1. 1. Impact Workspace: create GIC-RETROFIT-001. Confirm a governed program-impact workspace.
2. 2. Problem and Context: describe energy burden, comfort inequity, affected groups, causes, and constraints. Confirm a contextual problem statement.
3. 3. Stakeholder Participation: record staff and community participation in framing and review. Confirm participation and consent records.
4. 4. Theory of Change: connect inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and assumptions. Confirm a reviewable causal pathway.
5. 5. Activities and Outputs: record control installation, envelope work, and staff training. Confirm activity and output records.
6. 6. Outcomes: define short-, medium-, and long-term energy and comfort changes. Confirm outcome definitions.
7. 7. Indicators: specify kWh, complaints, training, method, frequency, owner, and disaggregation. Confirm indicator records.
8. 8. Baselines and Targets: record baseline 45,000 kWh/month and a justified 36,000 target. Confirm baseline and target records.
9. 9. Evidence: link meter data, surveys, documents, and evaluation findings. Confirm evidence tied to outcomes.
10. 10. Contribution and Attribution: record weather, occupancy, and other influences. Confirm a contribution narrative with limits.
11. 11. Equity and Distribution: disaggregate comfort by room use and accessibility need. Confirm distributional findings.
12. 12. Risk and Safeguards: record disruption, exclusion, data, implementation, and reputation risks. Confirm risk and safeguard records.
13. 13. Learning Agenda: ask whether controls remain usable after six months. Confirm a prioritized learning plan.
14. 14. Monitoring: import routine monthly energy and comfort observations. Confirm a monitoring series.
15. 15. Evaluation: document an appropriate before/after or interrupted-time-series method. Confirm an evaluation plan and findings.
16. 16. Impact Reporting: publish a six-month brief with evidence and limits. Confirm a reviewable impact report.
17. 17. SDG and Framework Mapping: map relevant work to SDG 7 and 11 without implying certification. Confirm a contextual framework mapping.
18. 18. Decision Handoffs: attach approved outcome and risk records to Decision Studio. Confirm a typed impact handoff.

Save and review

1. Save the final workspace under the sample workspace ID.
2. Close and reopen it in a clean session.
3. Compare every feature result with the sample expected_result field.
4. Document unresolved differences and do not hide warnings.
5. Export one complete artifact bundle.
6. Send one supported handoff to an integration and verify its receipt.

Supported integrations

• Catalyst Data
• Decision Studio
• Knowledge Library
• Site Intelligence
• Catalyst Finance
• Platform Core

Expected output

• a governed program-impact workspace
• a contextual problem statement
• participation and consent records
• a reviewable causal pathway
• activity and output records
• outcome definitions
• indicator records
• baseline and target records
• evidence tied to outcomes
• a contribution narrative with limits
• distributional findings
• risk and safeguard records
• a prioritized learning plan
• a monitoring series
• an evaluation plan and findings
• a reviewable impact report
• a contextual framework mapping
• a typed impact handoff
• A complete saved workspace
• A portable export
• A validated cross-product handoff receipt

Verification

• Every CSV feature row has a corresponding saved result.
• The JSON workspace ID and product version are preserved.
• The export can be inspected without temporary browser state.
• The receiving product identifies source, destination, schema, artifact, and review state.
• A human reviewer can reproduce or audit the demonstration.

Responsible use

Avoid impact washing, greenwashing, causal overclaim, token participation, and hidden distributional harm.

Replace synthetic data only with information you are authorized to use, after reassessing licensing, privacy, uncertainty, and review obligations.