The roles question is really a delegation test: can you split commanding the incident from fixing it? Name the roles, the comms cadence, and the handoff discipline that keeps 3am coherent.
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The roles question is really a delegation test: can you split commanding the incident from fixing it? Name the roles, the comms cadence, and the handoff discipline that keeps 3am coherent.
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