“The only thing that is constant is change”
Heraclitus
Maintenance is an essential part of the long term business continuity management lifecycle. A continuous improvement programme is a methodology that aims to ensure a company’s business continuity planning programme is appropriately maintained. It typically consists of the following elements :
You should establish a review and maintenance programme incorporating the above elements at appropriate frequencies to ensure that :
The process should form part of your change control procedures and should tie in with other change control mechanisms within your organisation.
A plan that’s out of date, untested or based on invalid or unproven assumptions isn’t really a plan at all!
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