Data collected and analyzed can be communicated through written observations, which explain what occurred and provide supporting evidence.

An observation should be reported and disseminated when:

• There is supporting evidence from multiple sources.
• There is demonstrable operational impact.
• Rigorous synthesis, event reconstruction, and/or root cause analysis has been conducted.
• The observation is different from other observations.

Observations from an incident or exercise can be compiled into an AAR or used to inform the development of other Continuous Improvement products.