1. 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
Oscar Menendez

2. 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

3. What to Measure? Organizational Readiness Level Of Program Maturity
Plan Development And Maintenance Activity
Testing Activity And Success

4. 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 (future ISO)

5. Measurement Examples

6. Measurement Examples
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