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In the ISO standard 14040, interpretation is one of the inter-related four phases of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The goal and scope phase specifies the intended purpose of the study, the targeted audience, the application, and the methods and databases that are foreseen to be used in the study. The interpretation phase then needs to analyze the outcomes of the LCA in relation to the goal and scope definition.
This chapter introduces and explains in detail how interpretation connects to the goal and scope phase of LCA. It further explores the consequences for a practitioner performing an LCA study according to the ISO standard. The chapter concludes with a motivation for this connection, from outside of ISO 14040, referring to software development.
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To be fair, also in software development, the initial proposal for a waterfall model contained feedback loops already (Royce 1970).
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Ciroth, A. (2017). Goal and Scope Connection to the Interpretation Phase. In: Curran, M. (eds) Goal and Scope Definition in Life Cycle Assessment. LCA Compendium – The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0855-3_5
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