BUSINESS CONTINUITY

24 Month Planning Cycle:

Policy Implications

September 2016

Context

• Business Continuity (BCP) is a continual, team-based planning process, undertaken to ensure that critical functions are minimally operational in the event of a service disruption

• Sequentially, planning teams complete the following BCP components within a 24 month period; o Risk Assessment

o Business Impact Analysis

o Strategy and Incident Response (Continuity) Plan

o Plan Exercise and Continual Improvement

• BCP is a legislated requirement under the Emergency Measures Act

Context

Planning Cycle initiated April 2014

• Kick-started by formal authority – Clerk letter

• Actively Supported by GOM BCP Table members

• Legitimized by existing statute

• Legitimized professionally by

• Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) Best Practices

• Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Good Practice Guidelines

• Inter-provincial comparison

Policy Implications • Good example of a GOM “Soft Policy”

• Organic and amenable to improvements, corrections, alignments and changing service requirements (e.g. 12 month cycle in the future)

• Can be “formalized”

• Has effectively produced

• Common operating framework and clear practice guidance

• Workable timelines for BCP Leads and GOM staff

• Lean approach to continuity planning

• Flexibility in matching deliverables with existing resources

Contact

Ron Andrews

Senior Business Continuity Manager

OSHRM Branch - Corporate Services

Manitoba Infrastructure

(204) 232-8629 ron.andrews@govmb.ca

Ian Boughton

Planning Officer

Emergency Measures Organization

(204) 390-0499 Ian.boughton@gov.mb.ca