A 'Defining' Moment
An event that interrupts normal business processes, whether anticipated (e.g., hurricane or political unrest) or unanticipated (e.g., a significant technology failure or earthquake).
What is a "Significant Business Disruption"?
A document to ensure an organization can continue to deliver its critical services during and after a significant business disruption.
What’s the point of a "BCP" or “Business Continuity Plan”?
Needs a Business Impact Analysis.
Who is “Every Team in HR”?
A proactive activity that ensures necessary steps are taken to identify the result of potential losses and maintain viable recovery strategies, recovery plans, and continuity of services.
What is "Business Continuity"?
An activity to simulate a significant business disruption and evaluate the effectiveness of the response.
What's the point of an "Exercise"?
Participates in response, recovery, and resumption of processes during a significant business disruption.
Who is the "Recovery Team"?
Time goal for the recovery of processes, based on the acceptable downtown and level of performance in case of a significant business disruption.
What is an "RTO" or "Recovery Time Objective"?
A document to identify, define, and validate all processes, RTOs, and impacts (if not recovered) to help an organization predict and prepare for the consequences of a significant business disruption.
What’s the point of a "BIA" or “Business Impact Analysis”?
Plays a key role supporting the RTL/Alt in HR BC planning, response, and coordination of improvements.
Who is the "BCC" or “Business Continuity Champion”?
A facilitated training activity that simulates a significant business disruption where Recovery Team members rehearse their roles and evaluate the effectiveness of their Business Continuity Plan.
What is an "Exercise"?
A document to catalog and confirm all process dependencies and required recovery details to inform BC strategies required for recovery.
What’s the point of a "DA" or “Dependency Analysis”?
Accountable for the development and maintenance of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Contact List for their Recovery Team.
Who is the "RTL/Alt" or “Recovery Team Leader/Alternate”?
High-level approaches used to recover critical processes, including Personnel, Technology, Supplier, Partner, or Facilities.
What are "BC Recovery Strategies" or "Business Continuity Recovery Strategies"?
An HR BC document used by Recovery Teams to assess current status, set intentions to improve, and measure Business Continuity success.
What’s the point of a “Maturity Matrix”?
Trains Recovery Team members, facilitates Business Impact Analysis, and provides governance and support for Recovery Teams.
Who is "HR BC PMO"?