# Here's what to focus on when reviewing an incident

DevFeed: [Here's what to focus on when reviewing an incident](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/here-s-what-to-focus-on-when-reviewing-an-incident-11977.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/reviewing-an-incident-with-subscriptions>)

Author: Luis Gonzalez

Published: 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

Topics: [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Incident response](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident-response.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>)

Tags: [breach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/breach.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [incident-channel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-channel.md>), [incident-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-management.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [post-mortem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-mortem.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [slack-incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack-incident.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how to review incidents efficiently when decision-makers have limited time. It recommends focusing on the incident's nature, potential impact, timelines, and response teams so managers and executives can quickly understand the situation and communicate its significance.

## Source excerpt

Sometimes you'll only have a few seconds to glean insights into an incident. In situations like these, here's what you can focus on for the most high level, but revealing insights.