I M S 5 5 6 I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m s I n t e r a c t i o n & C o n s u l t a t i o n | 2020
1) Assignment 1 (15%)
Report Writing
Submission date:______________________
You are investigating an incident happened in your organization. Write a short incident report
that describes findings of your investigation of the event or mishap and possible
recommendation to minimize the problems. You can create any incident/ event on your own.
Report writing format (freely to choose from internet)
Below are the guidelines for your report.
Guideline TOPIC
Overview
Recommendation to the management
Incident
The incident investigation
Follow-up actions
References and attachments
Document control information
TIPS
Purpose (why)
Summary of the incident (what)
Action taken (how)
When/where/who (optional)
Contents of the report
Findings/results
Implications
Recommendations
Rationale
Costs and benefits
Description
Immediate action taken
Methods of investigation
Analyse causes
Constraints
Assumptions
Actions taken
Next steps
References
Attachments
Revision history
Prepared, reviewed and approved by
The event or mishap that you are to report could be based on your own experience or your
reading.
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Times New Roman (12 font size).
1 ½ spacing
Submission in softcopy format