Critical Activity

1. Critical Activity is activities which have to be performed in order deliver the most important outputs of the organisation. (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute) 2. Any function or process that is essential for the organization to deliver its product and/or services. (Source: ISO 22399:2007 – Societal Security - Guideline for Incident Preparedness and Operational Continuity Management) - clause 3.1 3. Those activities which have to be performed in order to deliver the key products and services which enable an organization to meet its most important and time-sensitive objective. (Source: British Standard BS25999-1:2006 Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management)