Do you have a roadmap highlighting, by timeframe, what key deliverables and tasks you must complete over the year to raise the maturity and sophistication of your BCP program? In the majority of cases, we find most companies do not have this level of understanding of their program. Deliverables and tasks are completed in an ad hoc fashion with no rhyme or reason. This leads to little to no improvement in the program, inconsistent use of resources and higher risk for failure of initiatives.
At MHA, we always recommend that, at the beginning of your budget year, you create a quarter by quarter outline of the key deliverables and tasks to be completed for the BCP program. Take into account what can be realistically be completed each quarter, focusing on those deliverables that will bear the greatest return on investment by mitigating the most risk and raising the maturity and execution capabilities of your program.
We have found that management likes our one page snapshot of what will be accomplished over the year. It permits the BCP Office to focus on each quarter individually and ensure it is completing only the most critical tasks that will lead to a higher level of maturity and sophistication. Use the roadmap to filter out the most critical deliverables, don’t waste your time on non-productive tasks.
About MHA: MHA Consulting, with its decade-long track record, is a proven leader in business continuity planning, disaster recovery planning, IT best practices and data center moves and relocations. Every day, MHA helps protect trillions of dollars of global-market assets and top companies around the world rely on MHA services for the continuity of their business. For more information on MHA, contact Michael Herrera at herrera at mha-it dot com or visit www.mha-it.com.
Michael Herrera
Michael Herrera is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MHA. In his role, Michael provides global leadership to the entire set of industry practices and horizontal capabilities within MHA. Under his leadership, MHA has become a leading provider of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery services to organizations on a global level. He is also the founder of BCMMETRICS, a leading cloud based tool designed to assess business continuity compliance and residual risk. Michael is a well-known and sought after speaker on Business Continuity issues at local and national contingency planner chapter meetings and conferences. Prior to founding MHA, he was a Regional VP for Bank of America, where he was responsible for Business Continuity across the southwest region.
