Coordinating Departments When the Plan Changes

For the person coordinating departments when the plan changes. You put two next steps side by side and write down which of them can run.

What you will be able to do

• Name each statute that applies, the nation it covers and whether it is in force.
• List the licences, qualifications and appointments that other departments still hold.
• Put two next steps side by side and mark which one is only a preference.
• Write a revised sequence two or more departments can run, or record that none can be issued.
• Give each department head one briefing sentence that does not change the decision.

What the chapters cover

• What each department still holds when the plan moves
• Writing a revised sequence departments can run
• Briefing each department head, and what you do not decide
• Keeping the disagreement record
• Version notes for the plan now in use
• Further delay, or going back to the original plan

Thirteen chapters follow the job in order, with thirteen quick-reference cards you may copy for use at your own event. Worked examples are composite illustrations, not accounts of real events.

Tactical titles are for the person coordinating several posts or departments once the plan has to change on the day. OTAS Live publishes 30 handbooks across ten areas of event work, each at Operational, Tactical and Strategic level.

UK law, nation by nation

Law as checked in September 2026, with England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland named separately.