7. CONTINGENCY The contingency is a 3-4 sentence section that identifies an alternative course of action in the event that your original recommendation fails. Following the implementation of your recommendation (above

in #6) you may find circumstances change, people react in unanticipated ways or you were simply wrong. The organization needs direction at this point as well. The writer who briefly details a contingency demonstrates the foresight that anticipates an uncertain future. However, it is critical that the writer recognize that time has passed and resources have been expended and this contingency is designed in that context. Therefore, the writer must establish the point in time when the organization must be reexamined to assess success or failure of the original course of action recommended in step six, above.