and in cube...

From The Journal of Peace Research comes...

Fig. 1. A situational cube representing the three
dimensions of threat, decision time, and awareness,
with illustrative situations...

A . Crisis Situation
High ThreaVShort Time!Surprise

B. Innovative Situation
High Threat/Extended Time/Surprise

C. Inertia Situation
Low Threamxtended Time/Surprise

D. Circumstantial Situation
Low ThreaVShort Time/Surprise

E. Reflexive Situation
High ThreaVShort Time/Anticipated

F. Deliberative Situation
High ThreaUExtended Time/Anticipated

G. Routinized Situation
Low ThreaWExtended Time/Anticipated

H. Administrative Situation
Low ThreaUShort Time/Anticipated

"For Hermann [C. Hermann, 1969, p. 409] one of the eight points in the crisis cube depicts a crisis situation. The crisis situation is described when there is a high threat, short decision time, and surprise. This allows for easy delineation of a crisis situation from a non-crisis situation. If one of the three characteristics of the Hermann definition is missing, a crisis situation does not exist. Hermann argues that the position defined as a crisis in his cube should be viewed as an ideal point[...] "

References:
Phillips, Warren, and Richard Rimkunas. 1978. The concept of crisis in international politics. Journal of Peace Research 15, (3): 259-272.