The Crisis Management Certified Planner (CMCP) certification is designed to recognize individuals for their efforts to acquire essential and fundamental knowledge and skills in crisis management. These individuals may be senior and middle management, or business executives, who are required to help their departments or business units (or sub-units) to develop crisis management, business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency response, recovery and resumption processes, procedures and/or plans. The individuals should have met and continue to meet the following requirements regarding: