3.4 Create stage 1 report

The results from Stage 1 must be recorded because the analyst will need to refer to this information during subsequent stages.

The following is a common outline of the output document of the Initiation and Preparation stage. This report forms the introduction to the final report.

1. Executive summary to the Stage 1 report.
2. About the case organisation (internal scope):
   1. Position within wider system of stakeholders.
   2. Sponsor, decision makers, and analysts.
   3. Roles, tasks, and responsibilities of the case organisation.
   4. Telecom services used, with a description of the implementation, role and purpose, and fallback and backup options.
   5. Actors, including main actors, and their roles, tasks, and responsibilities.
3. About the environment of the case organisation (external scope):
   1. Disaster scenarios, with descriptions.
   2. External parties with whom the main actors may communicate, and other external stakeholders.
4. Glossary.