Product Description

"The Low Cost High Value Business Continuity Management Tool."

BCM FRAMEWORK(tm) represents a new approach in business continuity management software tools. The problem with a lot of software is that it is expensive; it requires training in use of the software; it may require consultancy in its use; it does not necessarily match your culture, requirements, or documentation standards; and, it still requires a lot of work to complete the detail, without which any disaster recovery plan is worthless.

BCM FRAMEWORK(tm) is different. It is comprised of a number of easily tailored modules that are selected from our database of client work from a combined total of over one hundred years of consultancy experience - modules that are hand picked as the most relevant to your own situation, culture, organization, equipment platform and infrastructure. It contains Model Business Recovery Action Plans for key corporate functions with Organization Schematics and role descriptions, with some vital - and often forgotten - actions included. The Appendices cover, among other items:

Contact List formats

Control Room set-up

Disaster Evaluation and Invocation Procedure

Recovery Time Estimating

Incident and Damage Reporting formats

Activity Logs and Action Logging formats

Vital Materials Lists

Agenda for Team Leaders' Meeting

Plan Maintenance: Document Configuration Control structure

Outline Restoration Procedures

Plan Testing Strategy

The appropriate Outline Restoration Procedures will be selected from the best match with your platforms.

There are optional additional modules covering Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis if required.

Kingswell's methodologies are being used by discriminating blue chip organizations including DHL and Philips Electronics. You can be confident of their effectiveness and value.

BCM FRAMEWORK offers a structured approach to achieve a disaster recovery plan for you in the simplest, easiest way. The plan can be developed in a style and to documentation standards compatible with your organization's culture and standards. It is important that line management take ownership of their aspects of the plan, so for your ease of use and maintenance, BCM FRAMEWORK is developed in standard MS Word format.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3564468 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-01
• Binding: CD-ROM
• 500 pages

About the Author
"Kingswell has some eight years experience in providing tailored solutions to public and private sector organizations, from multinationals to dynamic, smaller enterprises. Kingswell adheres to the BCI and CSSA codes of practice for consultants. The four founding partners were previously successful practicing consultants, working with organizations like KPMG, BIS and Arthur Andersen. We have a growing number of highly skilled associates both in the UK and internationally. One of our directors is Chairman and founder of Survive!, the international user group for business continuity professionals and was a founding director of the Business Continuity Institute (the international certification body for business recovery professionals). An associate is Chairman of Survive! Europe, a member and a member of the Certification Committee of the BCI. Two Kingswell directors were nominated for the lifetime achievement at the recent industry awards ceremony. We operate not only in the UK, but also in the USA (through Kingswell Inc.); in the Pacific Rim and Australasia; in the Middle East, South America and in mainland Europe (with offices in the Netherlands and Germany).

Kingswell has provided broad business continuity consultancy to a number of clients including JP Morgan, BBC, Commerzbank, Prudential, Financial Times, Rolls Royce, Philips Electronics B.V. Sandoz, Pfizer, Unipath, Southport and Formby Community Health Services National Health Trust, Reading University, Swiss Life. We provide Business Continuity consultancy through Hewlett Packard to their clients.

Just as you would not entrust your finances to unqualified accountants, so it is important to ensure your business continuity consultants are qualified. Kingswell's consultants are Fellows or Members of the Business Continuity Institute. BCM FRAMEWORK has been developed exclusively by Fellows of the Business Continuity Institute.

Customer Reviews

From the Publisher
NOTE: A new, expanded edition is now available. Search on ISBN #1-931332-43-6.

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BCM FRAMEWORK is a painless, easy-to-use yet powerful tool for business continuity management. It provides a number of well-thought-out templates for business continuity in different busienss, technological and operational environments, along with clear guidance on how to implement and tailor them.

It is based on the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) for business continuity adopted jointly by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI )and Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII).

Instead of a steep learning curve common to many database-driven business continuity planning tools, BCM Framework is ready to go right out of the box.