Incident Commander

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The person who coordinates the response during a production incident -- making decisions, assigning tasks, managing communication, and keeping the response focused. Doesn't need to be the most senior engineer; they need to stay calm, delegate effectively, and communicate status to stakeholders. Rotates among trained team members.

    In plain English: The person who runs the show during a production outage -- coordinating the team, making decisions, and communicating status.

    Example: "The incident commander declared SEV-1, spun up a war room, assigned debugging to the backend team, and posted status updates every 15 minutes."

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