Business Continuity / Continuity of Operations Planning Services

1) Create a Basic Understanding of the Business
Analyzing and documenting the current state of key organizational strategies, operational and business objectives, creation of Mission Critical Activities success factors, and driving deep to understand the outputs of the organization.

· What are the key business and technology objectives of the organization?
· What are the deliverables (products and services) of the objectives?
· When are the objectives to be achieved?
· Who is involved in the achievement of the objectives?
· How are the objectives to be achieved?

2) Continuity Management Strategy
Determination and selection of alternate operating strategies to be used to maintain the organization’s Mission Critical Activities.

· Active/Backup Models
· Active/Active Models (Split operations)
· Alternative Site Models

3) Development & Implementation of a Continuity Response

Analysis and recording of the threats and responses that an organization may be exposed to as well as the corresponding planning that would need to take place to ensure that the ramification of those threats can be neutralized through careful planning.

· Business and Technology Continuity Plans
· Continuity Resource Recovery and Solutions Plans
· Crisis Management Plans

4) Build Continuity into the Organizational Culture
Once planning is done, integrating those plans into the culture of an organization is the next critical step.

· Awareness Programs
· Educational Activities
· Continuity Training

5) Testing, Maintenance, and Auditing
Proving and updating plans as situations, facilities and people change is an ongoing necessity. Making sure plans are current and continue to be usable and reliable is critical to the long term success of any continuity planning strategy.

· Testing
· Updating
· Ongoing maintenance

6) Program Management
Continuity must be a critical priority from the top of the management structure throughout the entire organization. Without governance, funding, and review, plans become outdated and unusable.

· Governance
· Policy Management

 

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