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How flexible is your BCP?

KingsBridge BCP

Is my plan enough? As Business Continuity professionals, we see a lot of plans. We develop plans for our clients, we help mentor clients on how to build their plans themselves, we review existing plans for gaps, and we audit plans. At what point is your plan too rigid?

BCP 89
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Business Continuity Software: What to Know Before You Buy

Castellan

If you’re still using spreadsheets or word processing documents printed and stored in stacks of binders to manage your business continuity program and related plans, then you may be setting your program up for unforeseen obstacles that could negatively affect your program success. Ask for customer satisfaction information.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

Secondly, the response to lockdown, shutting down whole sectors of the economy, social distancing and mask-wearing – I have yet to see anyone who had this in their plans previously. If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

Secondly, the response to lockdown, shutting down whole sectors of the economy, social distancing and mask-wearing – I have yet to see anyone who had this in their plans previously. If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. Documentation. Traditional BC documentation is shrinking. This shrinkage is inevitable and unstoppable, and our job as BC professionals is to recognize the change and adapt to it. The 300-page recovery plan is a thing of the past.

BCM 98
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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities? It’s happening everywhere!

BCM 52
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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities? . It’s happening everywhere!

BCM 52