Remove BCM Remove Business Recovery Remove Continuity Planning
article thumbnail

The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

MHA Consulting

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.

BCM 105
article thumbnail

Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

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.

BCM 98
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

MHA Consulting

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

BCM 105
article thumbnail

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

MHA Consulting

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.

BCM 97
article thumbnail

The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty

MHA Consulting

You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element … The post The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty appeared first on MHA Consulting.

BCM 81
article thumbnail

Art of Essentialism in BCM – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

MHA Consulting

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.

BCM 52
article thumbnail

Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact

MHA Consulting

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?

BCM 52