Business Continuity Life Cycle

1. This Business Continuity or BC life cycle consists of the 6 “Rs”. The time period where each “R” is implemented is as follows: BL-B-5 Click to know more Reduce - the period of time before the disaster. Response - the hours and days immediately following the disaster. Recover - the period from the occurance of the disaster until temporary operations or alternative processing are executed. Resume - the time whereby business functions and operations are resumed at alternate site. Restore - the restoration of non-critical functions and damaged infrastructures. Return - the time when operations return to normal. Related Terms: The 6 ”R’s” sequence of the Disaster Recovery Life Cycle is different from the Business Continuity Life Cycle. Note (1): BC Life Cycle: Reduce(R1), Response(R2), Resume(R3),Recover(R4), Restore(R5), Return(R6). Note (2): DR Life Cycle: Reduce(R1), Response(R2), Recover(R3), Re-sync(R4), Resume(R5), Return(R6). BCM Institute's Professional Training and Certification BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 1B: Foundation (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 1C: Foundation (CM) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 1CC: Foundation (CC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 1D: Foundation (DR) Click to know more about expert level training (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. The element of BCM concerned with the development and implementation of appropriate plans and arrangements to ensure continuity of critical activities, and the management of an incident.

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(Source: AE/HSC/NCEMA 7000:2012)