Agile Business Continuity

Once upon a time there was an IT director of a financial services organisation who really believed that the organisation should focus on resilience. So much so that he would regularly tour the different sites throughout Europe and challenge each Head of Department with a single question.

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I thought I would spend a little time discussing an aspect of dependency modelling theory. I have spent that last couple of weeks working with a client on modelling their business for business continuity purposes. There was a great deal of discussion regarding how to model dependencies within the organisation (internal dependency). We use a [...]

Your plans are in place and you’ve got sign off at every level. But deep down you know that the plans aren’t up to scratch and significant risks are not being addressed. Is this enough?

As a continuation of my riff from Monday: During a project I ran many many years ago we delivered a dependency model to a large retail bank. As an aside I have yet to mention that I am probably the world’s foremost experts on dependency modelling, but then again only because no one [...]

Embedding business continuity practises into any organisation is a tough job for any individual tasked with the role of business continuity manager. Again and again I hear how a lack of real commitment from the executive and a general misunderstanding of the benefits is hampering an individuals efforts. As a result many of the continuity [...]

Forgive me father for it has been a too many days since my last blog post. I have been very busy which is unfortunate as there is much to blog about. I’d like to start by referring back to a post by Hasdal regarding The Theory of Constraints. A very interesting concept which has prompted [...]