when creating exhaustive , affected lists within a request scope , any legal risk due to failure to identify or leverage existing knowledge of a company about custody of evidence related to a legal matter is minimized . accurate affected lists are constructed for an ongoing or impending litigation . affected people , systems , or record types are included at first , and the list is modified over time once their exact association to the litigation context is clarified . automation of data capture eliminates the risk of human error during data entry . conflict resolution is applied when the same person , system , or record type is identified in the request scope , as part of multiple affiliations and associations . overlapping lists are automatically merged to enable simple and efficient processing , without having to cull different lists . affected elements in the request scope that could otherwise be missed are tracked and added . a relevant list of all affected elements based on multiple likely inconsistent sources of knowledge dispersed throughout a company is created , with a high degree of confidence in the context of an ongoing litigation or an impending litigation .