Business continuity planning aims to manage business operations during interruptions, ensure roles and responsibilities are defined, and demonstrate how the business will continue to operate. The process involves identifying risks and impacts, formulating response plans, sharing and training on plans, and periodically testing plans to identify areas for improvement. Benefits include providing confidence to stakeholders that the business can continue operating through disruptions.

1. Business Continuity
Protect your business,
employees, suppliers and
customer from potential business
interruptions

2. What is it?
- Manage the operation of
business during interruptions
- Ensure rules are set and
everyone is aware of their
role
- Demonstrate to stakeholder
and interested parties how

3. Benefits
- Provide confidence to all
parties you can continue
operations (as best)
- Communicate how business
will operate
- Set goals / target / timelines
and responsibilities
- Planning and testing to
ensure works when required.

4. Method
- Identify the potential risks
- What impact they could have
- Who will be impacted
- Identify what will be done
- Identify who will be
responsible:
- Name
- Contact details
- Responsibilities
- Formulate a process

5. Plan and Test
- Prepare a template
- Populate plan
- Share and train
- Test the plan at periodic
intervals
- Identify areas for
improvement
- Improve, share and educate

6. Takeaways
- Planning is the most
important attribute
- What are your greatest risks
- Ensure everyone is aware of
their role
- It must be tested
- Identify weaknesses to
Improve on
- Obtain copy of our template
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