direview

Direview is a term used in risk management and quality assurance to describe a rapid, direct review process designed for high-stakes situations where timely evaluation of decisions and outcomes is essential. The term blends direct oversight with formal assessment and is used by some organizations to describe streamlined post-incident analysis or decision review conducted under time pressure.

Applications and scope: Direviews are described in crisis management, healthcare, aviation safety, and software incident response, where teams must understand what happened, why it happened, and how to prevent recurrence within a short window. A direview may occur after a critical incident, following a near miss, or during an active incident when decisions must be revisited quickly.

Process and outputs: A direview typically involves a core team of stakeholders, a predefined checklist or protocol, a time-bound session, and documentation of findings. Outputs usually include a prioritized root-cause analysis, corrective actions, risk controls, and an action-tracking record distributed to relevant governance bodies.

Governance and critique: Direviews emphasize speed and visibility but can risk incomplete analysis or groupthink. To mitigate this, many programs incorporate independent reviewers, structured facilitation, and explicit criteria to guide judgment, and they distinguish direreviews from longer-form after-action reviews.

See also: After-action review, post-incident analysis, incident response.