6.4 Prepare final report

The analysts have now collected all information for the final report. Not only can they present a prioritised shortlist of most serious risks with treatment recommendations, but they can also provide arguments for their proposals.

This final report must be reviewed by all analysts, and it must be approved by consensus before it is presented to the sponsor. The study is thereby concluded. A suggested outline of the final report is shown below.

1. Executive summary to the final report.

2. About the case organisation (internal scope):

   1. Position within wider system of stakeholders.
   2. Tasks.
   3. Responsibilities.
   4. Telecom services used, together with their role and purpose.
   5. Main actors.

3. About the environment of the case organisation (external scope):

   1. Disaster scenarios.
   2. External parties with whom the main actors may communicate.

4. Roles and stakeholders

5. Telecom services

   1. Diagram with explanation (once for each service)
   2. Important risks (single failures and common cause failures)

6. Risk shortlist, with for each risk:

   1. Description
   2. Relevant social risk factors
   3. Justification for risk priority, uncertainty, and limits to knowledge
   4. Recommended risk treatment

7. Conclusions and recommended actions

Appendices:

1. Glossary
2. Reports of single failures
3. Reports of common cause failures