Written by Phil on June 19, 2012 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Response, Pandemics, Templates, Testing.
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Template for Comprehensive Business Continuity Management to Enhance Your Organization’s Resilience:
Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity, Emergency Response, Training, Implementation, Exercise and Maintenance
(4th Edition)
by Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP
This easy-to-use yet comprehensive package of 1,700+ pages and 50 files of expert, step-by-step instructions and editable templates is just what you’re looking for if you need…
- A clear, actionable Business Continuity Plan (BCP)—either freshly minted or totally revamped—and you need it yesterday!
- To collect detailed information and perform a thorough analysis of your business.
- Confidence to actually welcome an unexpected request from your CEO, auditor, or supply chain partner to see “the BCP.”
- A no-fuss method to keep your BCP continuously updated or expanded.
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This new product presents a complete, customizable template-based program for establishing your ongoing Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) and developing your comprehensive BCP — all designed to comply with industry best practices and standards. The program guides you as you collect critical departmental and operational information to develop a comprehensive plan; analyze the assembled data for business impact and strategy assessment; develop plan documentation; and implement and regularly maintain your customized program.
Just open the easy-to-use Microsoft Word template and follow it page-by-page, editing and customizing it to reflect the specific needs of your organization. Instructions on how to fill in your information are color-coded and as you go along, you can refer to the exact same paragraph in the completed sample plans for guidance (choose a service or a manufacturing company). The author distills his extensive experience as a BC consultant to give you succinct, field-tested tips for what to include and why. He also includes an abundance of handy forms, checklists, charts, and tables for easy completion — and for distribution to appropriate employees as needed.
In a short time, you’ll create a comprehensive plan, fully customized to your own business. The template makes it easy to update your plan or expand it to meet new business needs.
This Business Continuity toolkit teems with extensively field-tested templates, forms, and checklists in editable Microsoft Word formats, plus tools, tips, and sample plans, including:
- Standard BCP language that enables you to easily review and edit-out text.
- Author’s Notes and Update Instructions that guide you in selecting what to include and why.
- Sample Reports and Sample Plans that demonstrate how a completed section or full plan will look.
- Planning templates written in easy-to-edit Microsoft Word.
- Step-by-step guidance through all phases of developing a comprehensive Business Continuity Management System (BCMS):
- Data Collection, including a complete set of forms and questionnaires to collect essential information from all departments/units in your company.
- Data Analysis (Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment and Strategy Development).
- Plan Documents (Business Continuity Plan, Emergency Response Plan, documents for Employee Distributions, and more).
- Sub-Plans for Key Business Department (Facilities, HR, IT, Security, Marketing…10 departments in all).
- Implementation, Testing and Maintenance, including checklists and sample tabletop exercises.
- Templates for specific types of disasters and emergencies:
- Hurricane & Flood Planning Template — a “must-have” for businesses in location facing a serious hurricane or flood threat.
- Planning for a Pandemic Outbreak — a “must-have” for every business.
- Crisis Management Protocols and procedures for a wide range of disaster-specific events.
Once you follow these templates, your resulting BCMS will be one that follows the guidelines recommended by the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII); Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Good Practices Guide (GPG); NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management — and, in all respects, will reflect current industry best practices.
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Template for Comprehensive Business Continuity Management to Enhance Your Organization's Resilience:
Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity, Emergency Response, Training, Implementation, Exercise and Maintenance
(4th Edition)
CONTENTS
Read Me.pdf
- License, copyright and user information.
- Contents – A summary of the files that comprise this program.
- Introduction and information on how to use this product.
- Program Development Overview – An overview of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) program development process.
- File Updating Instructions – Specific instructions on how to update the files and complete a BCM program for your business.
- Special Upgrade Offer – Upgrade to a Comprehensive Business Continuity Program
- About the Author
- About the Publisher
- Registration Instructions
Information Collection Folder
1. BusinessUnitQuestionnaires.doc Folder – A set of files used to gather information about the activities of the Business Units (the Operational Groups and Support Departments) that comprise the business. There are specific information collection questionnaire files for:
- Administrative & Executive
- Customer Service
- Facilities
- Finance & Accounting
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Sales
- Security
- Business Unit Questionnaire (for any additional business units).
2. BusinessInformation.doc – A comprehensive set of forms in an easy-to-use matrix format for gathering information about the business, physical environment and technology resources.
3. GMI.CompanyProfile.doc – A description of the business operations of a hypothetical manufacturing business.
4. GMI.BusinessInformation.doc – A sample completed BusinessInformation.doc for a hypothetical manufacturing business.
5. NAPSS.CompanyProfile.doc – A description of the business operations of a hypothetical service industry business.
6. NAPSS.BusinessInformation.doc – A sample completed BusinessInformation.doc for a hypothetical service industry business.
Analysis Folder
1. BIA.BusinessImpactAnalysis.doc – The Business Impact Analysis template will analyze your business operations. This file is designed to become the actual Business Impact Analysis for your business.
2. RA.RiskAssessment.doc – The Risk Assessment template will analyze the natural and man-made risks that threaten your business operations. This file is designed to become the actual Risk Assessment for your business.
3. SD.StrategyDevelopment.doc – The Strategy Development template will analyze strategies to ensure the ongoing function or rapid restoration of business operations. This file is designed to become the actual Strategy Development for your business.
4. BIA.RA.SD.Analysis.doc – The Analysis template will analyze business operations, risks and strategies. This file is designed to become the actual Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment and Strategy Development for your business.
5. GMI.BIA.BusinessImpactAnalysis.doc – A sample completed Business Impact Analysis for a hypothetical manufacturing business.
6. GMI.RA.RiskAssessment.doc – A sample completed Risk Assessment for a hypothetical manufacturing business.
7. GMI.SD.StrategyDevelopment.doc – A sample completed Strategy Development for a hypothetical manufacturing business.
8. GMI.BIA.RA.SD.Analysis.doc – A sample completed Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment and Strategy Development for a hypothetical manufacturing business.
9. NAPSS.BIA.BusinessImpactAnalysis.doc – A sample completed Business Impact Analysis for a hypothetical service industry business.
10. NAPSS.RA.RiskAssessment.doc – A sample completed Risk Assessment for a hypothetical service industry business.
11. NAPSS.SD.StrategyDevelopment.doc – A sample completed Strategy Development for a hypothetical service industry business.
12. NAPSS.BIA.RA.SD.Analysis.doc – A sample completed Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment and Strategy Development for a hypothetical service industry business.
Plan Documentation Folder
1. BusinessUnitPlan.doc Folder – A set of Business Unit Plans that comprise the business. These files are designed to become the actual Business Unit Plans for your business. There are specific Business Unit Plans for:
- Administrative & Executive
- Customer Service
- Facilities
- Finance & Accounting
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Sales
- Security
- Business Unit Plan (for any additional business units).
2. BCP.doc – The Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is the overarching plan for the business and defines the overall actions of the organization during an emergency. This file is designed to become the actual BCP for your company.
3. GMI.BCP.doc – A sample completed Business Continuity Plan for a hypothetical manufacturing business.
4. NAPSS.BCP.doc – A sample completed Business Continuity Plan for a hypothetical service industry business.
5. CrisisManagementProtocols.doc – The Crisis Management Protocols template defines the action steps to be taken to respond to specific disaster events. This file is designed to become the actual BCP for your company.
6. HurricaneFloodPlan.doc – A special hurricane and flood plan supplement for businesses that face a serious hurricane and/or flood.
7. PandemicOutbreakPlan.doc – A special plan to address the unique nature and preparation required to effectively respond to a pandemic outbreak.
Implementation and Maintenance Folder
1. Maintenance – This file provides guidance for implementing and maintaining the BCM program. To assist in accomplishing this task, the file provides a checklist of meetings and exercises for the BC Coordinator to complete.
2. EmergencyResponseGuidelinesEmployees.doc – A plan or pamphlet for distribution to your employees that provides guidance in safely responding to emergency situations.
3. OnePageSummary.doc – A capsule summary of emergency actions to be taken by employees.
4. RolloutMeetings.Overview.doc – A review of the suggested agenda for rollout meetings with executive management, managers & department heads and employees.
5. ExecutiveManagement.Presentation.doc – A PowerPoint presentation designed for executive management.
6. ManagersDepartmentHeads.Presentation.doc – A PowerPoint presentation designed for managers and department heads.
7. Employee.Presentation.doc – A PowerPoint presentation designed for employees
8. TabletopExercise.Overview.doc – A summary of the purpose of a tabletop exercise and instructions on facilitating a tabletop exercise.
9. GMI.ExerciseWorkbook.doc – The exercise workbook provided to the participants of a hypothetical manufacturing business which describes a crisis event and presents questions.
10. GMI.ExerciseWorkbook.Solutions.doc – Suggested solutions to the exercise workbook questions of a hypothetical manufacturing business.
11. NAPSS.ExerciseWorkbook.doc – The exercise workbook provided to the participants of a hypothetical service industry business which describes a crisis event and presents questions.
12. NAPSS.ExerciseWorkbook.Solutions.doc – Suggested solutions to the exercise workbook questions of a hypothetical service industry business.
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Douglas M. Henderson FSA, CBCP, is President of Disaster Management, Inc. and has consulting experience of 20+years in all areas of Business Continuity and Emergency Response Management. Doug’s clients include Discovery Channel Latin America, Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), University of Miami, and numerous other organizations of all sizes. He is co-author of two books: the newly published college textbook (co-authored with Kurt J. Engemann) Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience and Is Your Business Ready for the Next Disaster? Doug has also developed a number of BC templates, including Continuity of Operations Plan for Colleges and Universities; Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business; and Template for Business Impact Analysis.
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