Business Continuity Management Programme

BCM Lifecycle phases A. Policy and

Programme Management: How the BC Policy is implemented and validated through the programme. ( Crisis Management/incident response and Business Continuity response) o Crisis management and incident response requires:  Crisis management framework  Incident response procedures

 Business continuity response procedures

o Business Continuity response requires:  Business impact analysis (BIA)  Risk assessment (RA)  Business continuity Plans  IT Recovery plans  Maintenance and exercise

B. Analysis: Identify, rank critical business functions and resources required to execute key business processes. (Risk assessment and Business impact Analysis)

C. Design: Select appropriate set of strategies to maintain critical business functions. (Business Continuity and Recovery strategies)

D. Implementation: Execute strategies through the process of developing BC plans and recovery procedures.

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