The positive potential impacts of the Scheduler as a functioning system are increased convenience and efficiency in managing and creating schedules for the Computer Science department. The positive impacts of the Scheduler as a course example are the ability to quickly generate and analyze schedules for the department based on instructor preferences.

Potential negative impacts include those common to any user-oriented software system. Visually, if the system is poorly designed and implemented, it can be inconvenient to use and decrease rather than increase user productivity. More specific negative impacts relate to conflicted scheduling, where multiple classes are assigned to the same room and time slot, as well as scheduling classes in rooms that are not suitable for the course type. If the system implementation is flawed, it may authorize people that should not be authorized to view or make changes to the schedule. If an organization of users relies on a flawed implementation of the system to schedule critical events, and such events are improperly or incompletely scheduled, the organization may suffer significant disruption of its operations. Significant disruption may also occur if the system loses or corrupts important scheduling data.