1. A method for performing a real-time service level agreement (SLA) impact analysis, the method comprising the steps of: detecting by a processor of the computer an event arising from a specific resource from amongst the different resources within a first SLA; identifying the specific resource for the detected event; analyzing the first SLA to identify different resources within the first SLA; determining whether based upon said event said specific resource cannot perform adequately enough so as to meet a term within the first SLA that directly specifies said specific resource; on condition that it is determined that the first SLA specifies the specific resource and that the specific resource in consequence of the event cannot perform adequately enough to meet the term within the first SLA, generating a notification in the memory of the computer, but otherwise consulting a hierarchy of resources to determine whether other resources in the hierarchy depend upon the specific resource and if so, also generating the notification; analyzing each of several different SLAs to identify different resources within the several different SLAs and further determining whether based upon said event said specific resource inhibits another different resource from performing adequately enough so as to meet a different term within the several different SLAs; and, generating the notification in the memory of the computer on condition that based upon said event said specific resource inhibits another different resource from performing adequately enough so as to meet a different term within the different SLAs but otherwise consulting a hierarchy of resources to determine whether other resources in the hierarchy depend upon the specific resource and if so, also generating the notification.