contingency plan

plan in case something unexpected occurs, which is often used for risk management
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contingency plan

Summary

contingency plan is a type of plan, scheme or program[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • contingency plan's instance of is recorded as type of plan, scheme or program[3].
  • contingency plan is a type of plan[4].
  • contingency plan is a type of alternative[5].
  • contingency plan is part of risk management[6].
  • contingency plan is part of crisis management[7].
  • contingency plan is used for emergency preparedness[8].
  • contingency plan is used for risk management[9].
  • contingency plan's partially coincident with is recorded as risk management plan[10].
  • contingency plan's manifestation of is recorded as business continuity planning[11].
  • contingency plan's different from is recorded as Plan B[12].

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Definition and Type

contingency plan's instance of is recorded as type of plan, scheme or program[3]. Recorded subclass of include plan[4] and alternative[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include emergency preparedness[8] and risk management[9]. Part of include risk management[6], a type of management[13] and crisis management[7], a type of management[14].

Why It Matters

contingency plan has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with risk management plan
    Subclass of
    Different from Plan B
    Instance of type of plan, scheme or program
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: plan-b, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950355|plan b (#289950355)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
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