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Lessons from a Botched BIA: Learning from One Company’s Mistakes

MHA Consulting

In one recent engagement, MHA was tasked with picking up the pieces after a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) conducted by another consulting firm suffered a crack-up. accounts payable, payroll) and activities (running reports, uploading data). hospitals must have very short RTOs; educational institutions can have longer ones).

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The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

Organizations now have to contend with a heightened risk of drought, flooding, heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, political unrest, global conflict, cyberattack, power outages, active shooters, supply chain disruptions, pandemic, social-media impacts, and all the rest. In consequence, BC is likely to find itself taking a back seat.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Plan Activation. Business Impact Analysis Key Findings. Business Impact Analysis Key Findings. Recovery Team Activation. Some, experienced & trained personnel familiar with the department’s activities and the Response Procedures are available. Plan Activation. Assumptions. Notification.

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What is Business Continuity?

Erwood Group

Business Impact Analysis. While business continuity is often looked at as a cost center in that it doesn’t directly attribute revenue to the business, it is an extremely important activity that reduces potential and real losses in revenue in several ways. This brings us to conducting an in-depth Business Impact Analysis.