nietkritieke

Nietkritieke is a Dutch term used in risk management, maintenance, and operations to describe items, processes, or tasks whose failure would have little or no impact on safety, core functionality, or regulatory compliance. It contrasts with kritieke (critical) and belangrijk (important) items. The exact boundaries of what is nietkritieke vary by organization and sector, because risk tolerance, dependencies, and context differ. The classification is typically part of a risk assessment or maintenance strategy and aims to prioritize resources toward critical and high-impact elements. Non-critical items may still warrant monitoring and periodic maintenance, but with lower frequency or less stringent requirements.

In practice, examples include non-essential facility features such as decorative lighting, optional software modules, secondary reporting functions, and auxiliary equipment that supports but does not enable primary operations. In manufacturing, non-critical alarms or sensors with redundancy can be scheduled for later upgrades. In IT, non-critical services or microservices that do not affect customer-critical workflows may be labeled nietkritieke to guide incident response and change management.

The term is Dutch and composed of niet (not) and kritieke (critical). Spelling conventions vary, sometimes with a hyphen (niet-kritieke) or without. The concept aligns with risk-based prioritization and is part of broader categories of critical, important, and non-critical assets.