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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

MHA Consulting

Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. In today’s post, we’ll look at this and four other mistakes people commonly make in documenting their BC programs. 1: Trying to document a recovery plan that does not exist.

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Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

MHA Consulting

10 Common BC Plan Mistakes Here is our list of 10 of the most common mistakes organizations make with their recovery plans: Thinking that if they have a BC document then they have a BC plan. The document is a subset of the plan, a component that pins down in writing the essential action items and information.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

I can tell you from my personal experience, that it was a way more fun to patch the servers at midnight than to write IT documentation or to fill some business spreadsheets (BIA anyone?). If excluded, IT may put the emphasis on the recovery of IT components that are not aligned with business recovery requirements.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

I can tell you from my personal experience, that it was a way more fun to patch the servers at midnight than to write IT documentation or to fill some business spreadsheets (BIA anyone?). If excluded, IT may put the emphasis on the recovery of IT components that are not aligned with business recovery requirements.

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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

IT/DR focuses on the recovery of technological assets, whether computers, networks, systems, or applications following a disaster such as a successful cyberattack. BC and IT/DR converge in the activity of aligning business recovery requirements with the IT department’s capabilities.

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The 7 critical elements of a business continuity plan

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From floods and fires to cyberattacks and supply chain disruptions, unexpected circumstances can wreak havoc on even the most robust businesses. Therefore, having an effective business continuity plan (BCP) is vital to operational resilience.

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Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

MHA Consulting

Further Reading For Want of a Nail: The Importance of Meticulous Execution in BC and IT/DR The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans Why Every BC Professional Should Become a Gap Hunter Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes The post Rehearsing (..)