Production is down and stakeholders are circling. Walk me through incident communications: who hears what, and when?

Comms is a role, not a chore bolted onto the incident commander. Audience-specific cadences, a committed next-update time in every message, and plain language that support can actually repeat.

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Comms is a role, not a chore bolted onto the incident commander. Audience-specific cadences, a committed next-update time in every message, and plain language that support can actually repeat.

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