Urgent

Urgent

Near term action in relation to an asset that is time sensitive, pressing, immediate and compelling, failing which significant financial or performance ramifications will occur.

Attributes

The matter has proximity.
The matter has severity in terms of the consequences of failure (CoF).

Short-term needs
Long-range needs

Items that are both urgent and important are shown in "red "on the location chart.

Fig. Items that are urgent are shown in "red" on the location chart. Items of lower urgency are indicated with other colours.

See also:

Priority
Currently Critical and Potentially Critical
Important
Urgent-and-Important
Urgency-Importance Matrix
High Priority
Safety
Asset Functional Impact (AFI)
Asset Strateic Importance (ASI)

I. Care is establishing priorities for the different assets but is fighting forces that necessitate periodic re-prioritization.

Fig. I. Care is establishing priorities for the different assets but is fighting the "forces" that necessitate periodic re-evaluation and re-prioritization.

I. Care is trying to re-align his building’s magnetic north and thereby use his building as a sundial to cast a shadow to identify all the critical assets

Fig. I. Care is trying to re-align his building’s magnetic north to geodetic true north and thereby use his building as a sundial to cast the right shadow and identify all the critical assets