Comments on: Business Continuity Discontinuity

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:30:35 +0000

Karen, thank you so much for your kind comment.

By: Karen Jones

Karen Jones — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:46:42 +0000

Paul, thanks for your reply and adding me to your blogroll. You provide some great insights and useful information in your own blog which is a rare find in the business continuity realms.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:56:19 +0000

Karen, thank you for your comment. Although your story is an alternative to my own, as you point out the result is the same. A less resilient organisation due to a lack of communication and mismatch in expectations. To paraphrase my own post: “To develop a resilient approach, all parts of the business need to understand the nature of what is being delivered and the value it has for the business.”

Again thank you for commenting and I have added your own blog to my blogroll. I look forward to reading your future posts.

By: Karen Jones

Karen Jones — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:07:12 +0000

Once upon a time there was a Business Continuity Manager who challenged the IT Manager about the resilience of their organisation’s telecoms. The IT Manager just waved his hand and said ‘don’t you worry, it’s all covered, now go away and bother someone else.’

The BC Manager shrugged his shoulders and walked away.

Yet ask the IT/ Telco manager to pull out their ISDN30 from the PBX and watch the colour drain from his face!

When asked who is responsible for resilience of certain aspects of an organisation, the buck can easily get passed from one department to another, yet each has a part to play in ensuring that all business systems are resilient, with the BC Manager taking overall responsibility.

This, in my opinion, is the biggest challenge facing all those people involved in building resilience within an organisation.