Have you thought about what the world might look like in 5 years time? That is what we, as a discipline, have been talking about for several months; What will Business Continuity look like in 2020? It is only 5 years away, can the world change too much in 5 years? It can be hard to […]
… what was hot in November
Another month has passed, and another important lesson about writing a blog has been learned. During November the most read posts have been the series on AS/NZS 5050 – the new Australian Standard for BCM. Overall there have been about 70 reads of those posts in total. It has been interesting to see the blog […]
… distractions, disruptions and disasters
To increase our resilience we need to be able to cope with a range of events that may impact us. These things tend to exist along a continuum. Too often we overdo the “Disaster” end of the range, with the potential that our programs are seen as the “Department of Unlikely Events“. It also demeans […]
… the new BCM process (AS/NZS 5050 Pt3)
In this final part of the review of AS/NZS 5050 I will look at the third key part of the model – the Process. The process is essentially the risk management process derived from AS/4360 and ISO-31000. While this may seem to be contrary to conventional BCM approaches (or those espoused by other competitors in […]
… AS/NZS 5050 (The Framework)
The earlier post in this series compared and contrasted some of the general principles of the standard. This post will address the framework section of the standard. As shown in the previous post, the standard uses a similar approach as is ISO 31000 – the model in composed of Principles, Framework and Process. The standard […]