Business Continuity Plans

  • Business Continuity Strategies Before Plans

    Instituting and Driving Change Blog Series: Post 1 of 6  I recently returned from a great conference – unrelated to business continuity by the way – and one of the breakout sessions was focused on driving and…

    Brian Zawada, FBCI Brian Zawada, FBCI | Jun 19, 2019
  • 9 Tips for Business Continuity Management Success

    Business Continuity Management (BCM) is vital in preparing and protecting business operations from disruptions caused by threats stemming from cyber-attack and natural disasters, as well as resource unavailability such as building loss, technology loss, staff absenteeism, and…

    Elaine Tomlin, MBCI Elaine Tomlin, MBCI | Feb 09, 2018
  • Business Continuity Planning: Centralized and Decentralized Approaches

    Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to structuring a business continuity program. A centralized structure involves leading and executing the business continuity planning process within a single team and engaging the business as needed. A decentralized structure…

    Morgan Perry, AMBCI Morgan Perry, AMBCI | Aug 28, 2017
  • Business Continuity Implementation: An Overview of BCI Professional Practice 5

    This perspective provides an overview of the Business Continuity Institute’s Professional Practice 5 (PP5) – Implementation, which is the professional practice that “executes the agreed strategies and tactics through the process of developing the Business Continuity Plan…

    John Verdi, MBCI, MBA, PMP John Verdi, MBCI, MBA, PMP | Apr 21, 2016
  • Effective Business Continuity: Program vs Plan

    Many organizations think that effective business continuity planning is synonymous with great plan documentation. It’s not. Yes, plan documentation is extremely important. BUT… many organizations fail to recognize that effective business continuity plans – and truly prepared…

    TJ Heginbotham, MBCI TJ Heginbotham, MBCI | Jan 28, 2016
  • Treating the Causes of Bad Business Continuity Plans

    Faults & Fixes: Bad Plans Developing strong business continuity plans characterized as actionable, relevant, and simple to execute can be a very difficult task for many organizations. In other articles, Avalution examined the different types of business…

    Michael Bratton, MBCI Michael Bratton, MBCI | Jun 11, 2014
  • Business Continuity Plans 101

    In previous articles, Avalution has espoused the value of using a management systems approach to business continuity and articulated the notion that business continuity is more than just a collection of plan documentation. This approach is reflected…

    Michael Bratton, MBCI Michael Bratton, MBCI | Jan 15, 2014
  • The Death of All Hazards Planning?

    As published in the Summer 2010 Issue of the Disaster Recovery Journal – Volume 23, Number 3. The time has come for business continuity to evolve beyond the idea of “all hazards” planning and deal directly with…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Dec 20, 2010