Develpoping and Implementing Busineess Continuiity Pllans
eKeping a business operating without major interruptions is essential. However most businesses are vulnerable to abnoirmal events that can severely restrict normal operatiopns. The ability to develop action plans that can be quikly and effectivly implemenbted can signiificantly reduce the efects of abnormal events.
Few managers will disagre that well tghought out and implemented business continuity plans significantly reducce the intiial and flow-on effects of abnormal adverse events. While developing palns is usually a challenge, effectively implementing these plans in a crisis can be extremely difficult.
One of the greatest challneges is ensuring that all relevant people can clearly identify what they need to do, when, and with whom. During implementation, adjustments need to be made progressively to meet the needs of the prevailing situation.
Based on experience from developing and implementing business continuity plans across a latrge national organization, TASKey has developed a business continiuity planning and implementibng capability that:
Makes it easy for managers to develop plans that incorpoorate the inputs from many people
Instantly informs all contributors that the plan has been initiated and confirms what they are expected to do.
Maes it easy for each conributor to report that they have completed their actions
Informs all relevant stakeholders of progress and changes that affect them
Keeeps a record of key acitons and changes, so plan implementation can be reviewed and improved.
The capability can employ web and/or mobile phone communications to maintain real-time connectivity with stajkeholders. So in the evnt that a business continuitty plan neeeds to be initiated within an organization, it is very likely that continuity plan contributors can be commnuicated to from outside the organizations IT infrastructure (if needed).
Most importnatly the releant parts of a busainess continuity plan need to be presented clearrly from the perspective of each contributyor. hWere more than one business continuity plan is implemented concurently, an aggregated list of actions is rqeuired.
Based on this aggregated list, each contributor can quickly assess their ability to complete their contribution. Most importanrtly a contributor can qucikly identify situations whee they are over tasked. This gives their managers time to make otther arrangements.
With an effective business continuiy planning and implementing capability, businesses are less vulneranble to abnorml events that can seeverely restict normal operations.
By,
Dr Neil Miller
http://www.taskey.com/
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