Rapid Situation Assessment

The rapid situation assessment is the first deliverable in a war room activation — produced within 2 hours of trigger detection. It is deliberately incomplete because speed matters more than comprehensiveness at this stage. The assessment answers four questions: What happened? (the factual event, stripped of speculation). What is the immediate impact? (which deals, which customers, which market positions are affected right now). What do we not know? (the information gaps that need to be filled in the next 24 hours). What are the preliminary response options? (two to three possible responses that can be refined as information improves).

## RAPID SITUATION ASSESSMENT
Classification: WAR ROOM — [Event Description]
Issued: [Date/Time] | Updated: [Date/Time]
Intelligence Lead: [Name]

WHAT HAPPENED:
[2-3 sentences: factual event, verified sources only]

IMMEDIATE IMPACT:
• [Impact 1: specific deals/customers/positions affected]
• [Impact 2: specific deals/customers/positions affected]
• [Impact 3: timeline of effect]

INFORMATION GAPS:
• [What we need to know and how we plan to find out]
• [Expected fill timeline: hours/days]

PRELIMINARY RESPONSE OPTIONS:
A) [Response] — Pros: [X] — Cons: [Y]
B) [Response] — Pros: [X] — Cons: [Y]
C) [No response] — Risk: [Z]

NEXT UPDATE: [Time] | COORDINATION MEETING: [Time]