Business Continuity Management Simplified

• About the Author
• Introduction

1. What’s It All About?
   1. What is business continuity management?
   2. Four key questions
   3. Before and after
   4. A business continuity capability vs. a business continuity plan
   5. The business continuity management life cycle
2. Analysis
   1. What do we need to analyse, and why?
   2. Business impact analysis
   3. Risk assessment
   4. Dependency modelling
   5. Strategy definition
3. Implementation
   1. A word of warning
   2. Implementation activities
   3. A matter of policy
   4. An incident management and business continuity plan framework
   5. Business continuity plan development
   6. A simple, tried and tested business continuity plan format
   7. It’s not the plan, it’s the planning
4. Verification
   1. When is a plan not a plan?
   2. Exercising and testing
   3. Education and awareness
   4. Health Check Review
   5. Continuous improvement

• Conclusion
• Endnotes
• Table of Figures
• Appendices
• Appendix 1- Example Business Continuity Dependency Model
• Appendix 2 – Other Books by Andy Osborne
• Appendix 3 - Some Useful Sources of Information

Recognize the importance of business continuity and its basic concepts. Explain the steps involved in analyzing and prioritizing business activities. Identify strategies to keep essential business functions running during a crisis. Understand the role of detailed and practiced plans in responding to disruptions.