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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

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Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. The roles that should be represented on a company’s BCM team change over time depending on the maturity of the program.

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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery.

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Art of Essentialism in BCM – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

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Managing an enterprise BCM program requires BCM Practitioners to address many program initiatives and tasks that must must seamlessly work together. I liken BCM programs to a watch with many moving parts; some critical and others not so critical to its operation and ability to provide accurate time. that take up their time.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

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Most of these have had demonstrable impacts on the practice of business continuity management (BCM), rendering some traditional practices obsolete and ushering in new concerns and techniques. It’s interesting to look at BCM practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer regarded as beneficial or sufficient.

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Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact

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In our role of BCM, we deal with a number of different teams including Fire Life Safety, Crisis Management, Business and IT Recovery Teams, etc. The post Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact appeared first on MHA Consulting. So how does this apply to us?

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

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Further Reading The 4-3-3 Rule for Writing Business Recovery Checklists Plan B: As the Recovery Plan Fades, What Will Take Its Place?

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Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training 

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Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to … The post Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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