The Partnership for Emergency Planning presents: 

BIA Workshop: Business Impact Analysis Beginning to End

The workshop was held on Wednesday, October 11, 2006. 

The workshop covered the Business Impact Analysis (BIA).  The BIA project is the logical first step in the development of a business continuity program. The project provides the business rationale for disaster recovery and business continuity planning.  A BIA can help an organization to learn their current capability to recover from a disastrous event. Also, the BIA can help validate that the plan in place is really meeting the organization's business needs.

During this workshop the presenter examined the successful methods for achieving timely desired results. He covered how to ask the right questions to learn: What is most important? Why? This workshop will be interactive, so bring your questions and come share your experiences! The morning session included audience interaction with the speaker, Mr. Pelant.  They discussed the mock development of a BIA.  After the networking lunch provided by PEP, Mr. Pelant discussed, in brief, the next steps after the BIA development including its uses in recovery strategy development and recovery plan development.

Mr Pelant promised to provide several documents which are below to be downloaded by PEP members.  The first two items are the presentations in a pdf format (excluding the cartoons). Next, are the Fact Sheets that outline the individual steps in the development of a Business Continuity Program. They are organized in an approach to specifically help someone get acquainted with the process. They also include some information on our consulting practice.  Finally, the Interview Guidelines are the document we discussed for carrying out the interview as the BIA data gathering approach.

Presenter Information:

Barney Pelant, MBCP
Barney F. Pelant & Assc.

Barney Pelant, MBCP, is owner and managing director of Barney F. Pelant & Associates, a consulting practice dedicated to business continuity planning since 1991. He holds the certification of Master Business Continuity Professional from DRI International. Pelant’s technical experience ranges from the design and development of domestic and international business centers, to the development of contingency plans to ensure their ongoing viability. In 1991, he launched his own practice dedicated to business continuity planning and development.

http://www.bfpelantassoc.com/