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How do I start planning a Business Continuity Management System?

All of the current best practices for developing Business Continuity Management have been incorporated into this site but with a focus on keeping it simple and practical.

The first step has to be an acceptance by the boss and the senior managers that this is a useful process. An overall co-ordinator for business continuity should be appointed to report directly to the boss or senior management team.

This person is ideally someone who understands the business structures and people, has good project management, communication and interpersonal skills and is a good team leader.

However bear in mind that the aim is to ensure that thinking about business continuity is part of every employee’s normal responsibilities.

The Business Continuity co-ordinator (and team, if you are a large enough enterprise) provide the resource to manage the implementation of the BC programme throughout the organisation and to be in a state of readiness to guide the organisation in the event of a disruption.

Getting hold of a copy of BS 25999-1:2006 Business Continuity. Code of Practice would be good as this will give you the framework to set up your management system. It’s under 40 pages long and written in an approachable style and gives you a clear idea of the process you will be following.