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Very, very few business units operate in complete isolation within a company.   (If they do, I suspect they are close to being closed down or sold.)    Thus, to truly develop an impact assessment of what will happen when a given business unit (BU) halts operations, it is really important to understand the web of dependencies within which the business unit operates. The way I explain this concept is to talk about a flow of data or products.   In essence, there are those “upstream” and “downstream” of the BU.   Those “upstream” are those providing the BU with needed input (data or product) and are the BU’s suppliers who the BU will … Continue reading →

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As part of determining the core business processes, you should also have collected the information technology systems those processes depend upon.   How do you intend to present that information? One option is simply a list of systems and associated values such as the number of people needing a given system and the time-lines of that need.   While technically complete and of crucial importance to your IT folk, a tabulated list is not terribly interesting when presenting your BIA results to, say, your senior executive.   Especially, as is likely, it is a very long list of all your hardware, software and infrastructure systems. What follows is a suggestion for presenting the … Continue reading →