All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources
We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. In today’s post, we list, […]
BIA Blunders: 6 Common Mistakes Organizations Make When Conducting BIAs
The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is one of the fundamental building blocks of a sound business continuity management program. In today’s post, we’ll look at six mistakes companies commonly make in conducting […]
Like Lambs to the Slaughter: When BIA Beginners Present to Management
Many people who are new at conducting a Business Impact Analysis think the hard part is over once they arrive at their list of business processes arranged in order of criticality. It’s […]
The Big Decision: Choosing What Software to Use for Your BIAs
One of the biggest decisions companies face in conducting a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is what use, if any, they will make of software in doing it. In today’s post we’ll look […]
Top 5 Reasons Why Most BIAs Are DOA
Do you know the main reasons that most Business Impact Analyses today are “Dead On Arrival”? I’ll tell you about bad BIAs in a moment. Before I do, however, I’d like to […]
How to Weight Your BIA Impact Categories
In last week’s blog, we talked about the importance of identifying the right BIA impact categories for your business impact analysis. As a reminder, these are the six categories appropriate to your […]
5 Tips to Help You Identify the Right Impact Categories for Your BIA
Are you a BCM practitioner in the middle of configuring your BIA questionnaire? Are you scratching your head over the part about identifying the impact categories that are most relevant to your […]
BIA Interviews: 5 Tips for Streamlining the BIA
We’re helping you streamline your BIA, cutting it down from 8 to 4 hours or less for each business unit and maximizing your BIA interview. We veteran BCM professionals will need to […]
The Human Side of Conducting BIAs
One of the most interesting engagements MHA Consulting had this year was at a Fortune 500 company where 3 of our consultants conducted approximately 100 BIAs. Over the course of that engagement, […]
Data Integrity: Ensuring Your Critical Business Information Is Reliable and Recoverable
I am a big coffee drinker, so I naturally found it interesting last week when I talked to someone who told me about a persistent problem he had at a coffee shop […]
Business Impact Analysis Example: A Sample Assessment In BCMMETRICS
Our Business Impact Analysis software distills the complex BIA process into a simple set of directives. Here’s how it’s done.
Preparing for a BIA – It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
You’ve convinced management to do a BIA, and now it’s time to jump in. But, wait! A proper business impact analysis requires some preparation. You don’t jump into a body of water […]