Putting Business Continuity To Work Within Your Organization BC Program Measurement will Help in Determining Where To Invest In Program Improvement Flagg Management Conference March 19, 2008 – 11:00 A.M. Tom Martin tmartin@era-1.com Oscar Menendez Oscar.menendez@db.com
Why Measure? Prove Value for BC Program “If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.” - Abraham Lincoln Prove Value for BC Program Identify And Prioritize BC Budget Needs Establish Benchmark Against Best Practices Demonstrate Continuous Improvement Determine Capability & State Of Readiness
What to Measure? Organizational Readiness Level Of Program Maturity Plan Development And Maintenance Activity Testing Activity And Success
What to Measure Against? Recovery Objectives (validation) Compliance Requirements Title IX (voluntary) Financial Industry (required) Best Practices Generally Accepted Practices (DRJ/DRII) Industry Standards NFPA 1600 (ANSI) BS 25999 (future ISO)
Measurement Examples
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