Assessment Dashboard - Business Continuity (Excel XLSX)

BENEFITS OF THIS EXCEL DOCUMENT

1. Diagnose Business Continuity projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices.
2. Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals.
3. Integrate recent advances in Business Continuity and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines.

BCP EXCEL DESCRIPTION

Business Continuity Planning Excel Dashboard: Download a self-assessment tool for BCP, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management with RDMAICS framework guidance. Assessment Dashboard - Business Continuity is an Excel template (XLSX) with a supplemental Zip archive file document available for immediate download upon purchase.

Here are several sample Business Continuity requirements:

•  Response plans (Incident Response and Business Continuity) and recovery plans (Incident Recovery and Disaster Recovery) are in place and managed?
•  Has specific responsibility been assigned for the execution of business continuity and disaster recovery plans (either within or outside of the information security function)?
•  Has the organization established an enterprise-wide business continuity/disaster recovery program that is consistent with requirements, policy, and applicable guidelines?
•  Testing, Maintaining & Re-assessing Business Continuity Plans: Are business continuity plans tested & updated regularly to ensure that they are up to date and effective?
•  Does the recovery site have adequate resources to accommodate the institutions employees by providing basic necessities and enabling them to conduct business?
•  How will management continue operations if employees are unable or unwilling to return to work due to personal losses, closed roads, or unavailable transportation?
•  Have employees received cross training, and has the department defined back-up functions/roles that employees should perform if key personnel are not available?

Why Own The Business Continuity Self-Assessment?

The Business Continuity Self-Assessment will make you a Business Continuity domain expert by:

•  Reducing the effort in the Business Continuity work to be done to get problems solved
•  Ensuring that plans of action include every Business Continuity task and that every Business Continuity outcome is in place
•  Saving time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Business Continuity opportunity costs are low
•  Delivering tailored Business Continuity advise instantly with structured going-forward plans

The Self Assessment tool is a comprehensive dashboard built in MS Excel. It ensures you don't miss anything with 1029 criteria in 7 RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain) steps with easy and quick navigating and answering for 1-10 participants.

The above preview showcases an example of a completed version. The secondary document includes a blank template, as well as a detailed 150+ page PDF guide. The guide provides a convenient way to distribute and share among the participants to prepare and discuss the Self Assessment.

The Assessment Dashboard includes a RACI Matrix to streamline role assignments and ensure accountability. The results graphs provide a visual representation of participant responses, facilitating data-driven decision-making.

Source: Best Practices in BCP Excel: Assessment Dashboard - Business Continuity Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, Gerard Blokdijk