academic continuity made easy ready

Launched on April 1, campuses currently subscribing (Dec 2010) A continuity planning tool Specific to higher education Hosted & supported by UC Berkeley under contract to the Kuali Foundation Annual subscription $4K to $11K Kuali Ready –

2006 – Restarting Berkeley 2007 – The Berkeley Continuity Planning Tool 2009 – UC Ready 2010 – Kuali Ready Version history –

Business Resumption Planning Evolution of Terminology – 2001 Business Continuity Planning 2005 Continuity Planning Mission Continuity Planning Event Readiness 2010

We want to be able to do tomorrow what we were doing yesterday (no matter what happens today). The modest goal of continuity planning:

Emergency Management: Continuity Management: Goal – secure life, health & property Goal – continue operating source: SXC.hu / Michael Cossey source: Sarvodaya.org

More formal definition – Putting in place NOW the things that will enable us to continue serving our constituents, and maintain our viability following a catastrophic event (of any size or type). Continuity Planning is:

Major fire destroyed film vault, lost most of 80-year collection But they were READY: an entire set of duplicates was stored elsewhere source: source: Universal Studios Los Angeles, June 2008

Our approach is ALL-HAZARDS PLANNING: How do we do it on the campus? Answer: BY DEPARTMENT  Identify critical functions  For each, think about people space & equipment information communication  Identify action items

Decentralization (esp. large universities) This is operational-level planning, and departments are the operating units. This is “nuts & bolts stuff” – only the departments have the knowledge. Why do we do this planning by department?

Answer: an easy-to-use, do-it-yourself TOOL. How can we engage so many departments?

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What does a continuity plan contain? 1.Critical functions of the dept. 2.Plan B for each 3.Information that will be needed 4.Action items

RECAP:  Disaster events come in all shapes & sizes  Readiness is the key (“an ounce of readiness produces a pound of recovery”)  Examining our critical functions will suggest action items to increase our readiness  Many of these action items are low-cost and do-able.

No continuity planning experience needed No training needed Built-in explanations Clear straightforward language Intuitive navigation Flexible enough to suit any org structure Contains module on Instructional Continuity Produces departmental continuity plan document (Adobe Acrobat) Extensively customizable to fit each institution Kuali Ready – Name of tool Graphics Content

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