Art of Facilitating a Large Scale Mock Disaster Exercise
The Art of Facilitating a Large Scale Mock Disaster Exercise By: Michael Herrera We (my brother, who is a Fire Chief at NASA, and I) recently facilitated a large-scale mock disaster exercise […]
Are You a Leader in BCM Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)?
How Do You Measure Up? – Are You a Leader in BCM Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) If you’re a BCM Practitioner, you’ve probably been asked this question from your senior management: […]
Art of Essentialism in BCM – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Managing an enterprise BCM program requires BCM Practitioners to address many program initiatives and tasks that must must seamlessly work together. I liken BCM programs to a watch with many moving parts; […]
Planning Your Next Mock Disaster Exercise
As BCM Practitioners we are often required to dream up, plan, implement and facilitate a mock disaster exercise for our Crisis Management teams. The planning process is crucial to developing an exercise […]
Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact
A recent Harvard Business Review article in the December 2013 edition entitled “The Hidden Benefits of Keeping Teams Intact” discussed the benefits and reasons for keeping teams familiar with each other. […]
ORGANIZED CHAOS: Establishing a semblance of order when it seems otherwise.
Organized Chaos isn’t a new term. But I have always advised our clients that what you want in your organization during a crisis is “organized chaos.” Consider the following scenario: There […]
When and What to Test
Some tests only involve two people while others can include an entire department. All tests require preparation time. This is necessary to coordinate schedules of people, exercise control rooms, and equipment. At […]
Potential Exercise Scenarios
A disaster scenario is a hypothetical incident that gives participants a problem to work through. The scenario may describe any disruption to the normal flow of business. When selecting a scenario, be […]
Recovery Site Maintenance
If an organization is providing its own recovery site, it is going to require regular maintenance in order to match requirements of the site it’s supporting. As the original facility is likely […]
Emergency Operations Centers: What You Need to Know
In this post, we’ll outline what an emergency operations center is, why it’s important, how it functions, and where to put it. An Emergency Operations Center (EOC), sometimes called a “war room” […]
Work Area Recovery: Evaluating Your Options
A work area recovery plan is one of the most critical pieces of any recovery plan. After all, if your workforce has no place to work, how can you recover? Your work […]
Program Awareness
A successful Business Continuity Program awareness effort can result in a greater company-wide support for the program. It can also reduce the reluctance of people to participate. Awareness is an ongoing process […]