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  1. Writing incident updates people can act on
    1

    Ask who has written an incident update before. The mix in the room changes how much time to spend on the first two sections.

  2. By the end of this session you will be able to
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    Read the objectives out. Adults disengage from training that has not told them what it is for.

  3. Why this matters
    3

    The internal-audience point surprises people. Responders joining late genuinely read the status page first.

  4. The four parts of every update
    4

    Every update has these four. Drilling this structure is most of what the session is for.

  5. The same update, written badly and well
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    Walk the pairs one row at a time. The left column is what everyone writes under pressure, which is the point.

  6. What a good first update looks like
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    Point out that this update was written before anyone knew the cause. That is the skill being taught.

  7. Cadence by severity
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    Update on the cadence even when there is nothing new. "Still working, no change" is a complete update.

  8. Practice
    8

    Stop presenting here. The remaining time is the exercise and the debrief.

  9. Your turn: write the first update
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    Four minutes, timed. Do not extend it — the time pressure is the realistic part of the exercise.

  10. What to take away
    10

    Close by pointing at the runbook. Training that does not connect to a real artefact is forgotten within a week.

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