Gap Analysis

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1. Gap Analysis is a detailed examination to identify risks associated with the differences between Business/Operations requirements and the currently available recovery capabilities.
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Performing Gap Analysis includes the following steps:

Notes (1): establish specific target objectives by looking at the organisation's mission statement, strategic business goals and improvement objectives for operational resilience

Notes (2): analyze current processes by collecting relevant data on performance levels and how resources are presently allocated to these processes

Notes (3): review the design of current functional business operating models and identifies existing capabilities that can be leveraged for OR

Notes (4): compare its target goals against its current state; it can then draw up a comprehensive plan

Notes (5): develop a plan to outline the step-by-step process to fill the gap between its current and future states and to reach its target objectives



Related Term: Organizational Resilience, Business Continuity Management (BCM), Business Resilience, Cyber Resilience, Data Resilience, Digital Resilience, Relational Resilience, Supply Chain Resilience, Technology Resilience, Operational Resilience.

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