Lifecycle
BCM Lifecycle Implementation
The full business continuity management lifecycle.
- Business impact analysis (BIA)
- Risk assessment and recovery strategies
- Business continuity and recovery plans
- Governance, testing and maintenance
Advisory · 03
Keep critical services running when disruption hits
Impact analysis, recovery strategies and ISO 22301-aligned continuity programmes connected to your crisis management.
The challenge
Continuity is not a binder of plans
Continuity means knowing which services matter most, how long you can be without them, and what leaders will do in the first hours.
REDS builds continuity programmes that connect those answers to your crisis management, so recovery priorities are agreed before an incident, not during one.
What we deliver
A continuity programme you can test and maintain
Standard
ISO 22301 Gap Assessment & Alignment
Alignment with the international standard.
- Gap report against ISO 22301
- Prioritized improvement roadmap
- Policy and document set aligned with the standard
REDS prepares organizations for certification. Certification itself is carried out by an accredited certification body.
Outcomes
What changes for you
- Recovery priorities agreed by leadership before an incident
- Continuity and crisis management working as one system
- Plans that have been exercised, not only approved
- A programme ready for internal audit or external certification
How we work
A typical engagement
- ScopingServices, sites and dependencies in scope
- AnalysisBusiness impact analysis and risk assessment with your teams
- DesignRecovery strategies and continuity plans
- Exercise & embedA continuity exercise, then a governance and maintenance cycle
Related advisory
Resilience works as one system
- 01Emergency ManagementFrameworks, plans and command structures built around real hazards and real decisions.
- 02Crisis Management & LeadershipDecision rights, escalation and crisis communication for leadership teams under pressure.
- 04Organizational ResilienceConnecting emergency, crisis and continuity arrangements into one governed system.
- 05Risk & ResilienceUnderstanding hazards, dependencies and critical functions, and prioritizing what matters.
- 06Preparedness & AssuranceEvidence-based readiness assessment and exercises that test whether plans work under pressure.
- 07Strategic Resilience AdvisorySenior counsel to boards, ministries and regulators on resilience policy and governance.
Start the conversation
Can critical operations continue when normal systems fail?
Talk to a senior REDS advisor about business continuity and ISO 22301.