Framework Adaptability and Alignment
Discover key responsibilities and essential documentation for effective usage of the platform.
Murphy is designed to be complementary and adaptable to your existing crisis management framework.
This means:
- The platform does not require a specific methodology or doctrine.
- It does not prescribe how your crisis organization must be structured.
- It does not dictate reporting lines or hierarchy.
- It does not conflict with regulatory or compliance requirements — it supports and strengthens them.
- It does not replace your governance model — it enhances it.
- Murphy provides a clear and consistent structure for building and maintaining shared situational awareness.
The platform separates:
- Facts
- Assumptions and prognosis
- Objectives and intent
- Communication goals
- Status updates
- Actions
- Involved actors
- Files and documentation
The platform can be used at any organizational level:
- Strategic
- Tactical
- Operational
It can also be used simultaneously across levels, enabling vertical alignment and horizontal coordination.
Objectives at one level may be influenced by intent or direction from a higher level.
The platform supports this alignment while maintaining clarity of ownership at each level.
How you structure your crisis organization is entirely up to you.
You may operate according to:
- A public sector crisis framework
- A corporate crisis governance model
- An international or national standard (ICS, JESIP, NATO J-structure)
- Or a fully customized structure
Murphy adapts to your organization — not the other way around.
It can also serve as a bridge between different organizational models, supporting interoperability and collective operational effectiveness.
This adaptability is a core strength of the platform.
Responsibility Overview – Multiple Doctrine Versions
Below are four versions of the same responsibility overview, adapted to different command and coordination models.
Only terminology changes.
The structural logic and allocation of responsibility remain consistent.
Neutral International Version
| Platform Field | Content Owner | Documented By |
|---|---|---|
| Facts | Planning / Intelligence | Planning / Log-keeper |
| Prognosis | Planning / Intelligence | Planning |
| Aim & Alignment | Incident Commander | Log-keeper |
| Communication Goals | Communications | Communications |
| Status | Functional Leads | Respective Function |
| Actions | Responsible Function | Responsible Function |
| Involved Actors | Liaison | Liaison + Functions |
| Files | Respective Function | Respective Function |
ICS-Aligned Version
| Platform Field | Content Owner | Documented By |
|---|---|---|
| Facts | Planning Section | Planning Section / Log-keeper |
| Prognosis | Planning Section | Planning Section |
| Aim & Alignment | Incident Commander | Log-keeper |
| Communication Goals | Public Information Officer (PIO) | PIO |
| Status | Section Chiefs (Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Admin) | Respective Section |
| Actions | Responsible Section / Branch / Unit | Responsible Section |
| Involved Actors | Liaison Officer | Liaison Officer + Sections |
| Files | Respective Section | Respective Section |
Aligned with FEMA/NIMS structures and ICS-based organizations.
The platform can be used across any part of an ICS organization.
It is not limited to a specific section.
Each section may:
- Maintain its own status
- Manage its own actions
- Contribute to shared situational awareness
The platform supports structured documentation, clear ownership, and coordination across sections.
It can function both as:
- A section-level coordination tool
- And a unified documentation structure across the full ICS organization
UK Gold/Silver/Bronze-Aligned Version
| Platform Field | Content Owner | Documented By |
|---|---|---|
| Facts | Tactical Level (Silver) – Planning Function | Planning / Log-keeper |
| Prognosis | Tactical Level (Silver) | Planning |
| Aim & Alignment | Strategic Level (Gold) | Log-keeper |
| Communication Goals | Corporate Communications / Strategic Level | Communications |
| Status | Operational Level (Bronze) Leads | Respective Operational Lead |
| Actions | Responsible Operational Function | Responsible Function |
| Involved Actors | Tactical Coordination / Interagency Liaison | Liaison Function |
| Files | Respective Command Level | Respective Function |
Aligned with UK multi-agency Gold/Silver/Bronze structures.
The platform can be used at any level within a Gold/Silver/Bronze structure.
It is not limited to a specific command level.
Each level may:
- Define objectives within its mandate
- Maintain its own status
- Manage its own actions
Objectives at one level may align with direction from another level.
The platform supports this alignment while maintaining clear ownership at each level.
It enables structured reporting, shared situational awareness, and coordination both within and between levels.
This allows the platform to function both as:
- A level-specific coordination tool
- And a structured link across command levels
NATO Staff Structure Version (J-Code Terminology)
| Platform Field | Content Owner | Documented By |
|---|---|---|
| Facts | J2 (Intelligence) | J2 / Log-keeper |
| Prognosis | J2 (Assessment) | J2 |
| Aim & Alignment | Commander / J3 (Operations) | Log-keeper |
| Communication Goals | StratCom / Public Affairs | StratCom |
| Status | J1–J9 Functional Staff | Respective J-Function |
| Actions | Responsible J-Function | Responsible J-Function |
| Involved Actors | J5 (Plans) / J9 (CIMIC) | Respective Function |
| Files | Respective J-Function | Respective J-Function |
Aligned with NATO staff structures, civil-military coordination environments, and large international operations.
The platform can be used across any J-function within a NATO staff structure.
It is not limited to a specific staff function.
Each function may:
- Maintain its own status
- Manage actions within its area of responsibility
- Contribute to shared situational awareness
The platform supports functional ownership, coordination between staff elements, and structured documentation across the organization.
It can function both as:
- A staff-level coordination tool
- And a shared situational awareness structure across the headquarters
Strategic Implication
Regardless of structure, the underlying logic remains consistent:
- Facts are owned by the function responsible for analysis and monitoring
- Objectives are owned by the relevant decision-making level
- Status belongs to the responsible function
- Actions belong to the executing function
- Communication belongs to communications
- External coordination belongs to the liaison function
- Structure, traceability, and documentation quality are safeguarded by the Log-keeper
The platform does not impose a hierarchy.
It supports the one you already have.
Only the titles differ between organizations.
The structural logic of the platform remains the same.