Title: Modelling business readiness frameworks

Authors: H.M.P.S. Herath, W.M.J.I. Wijayanayake

Addresses: Providence Network and Solutions Ltd., 752/1, Dr. Danister De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 09, Sri Lanka. ' Providence Network and Solutions Ltd., 752/1, Dr. Danister De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 09, Sri Lanka

Abstract: An effective business continuity and crisis management (BCCM) framework guarantees information availability and plays an important role in ensuring an organisation|s survivability. Framework is critical as it will also provide reliable assurance on ensuring continuity of critical business functions in the event of a crisis or a disaster. There are many drivers forcing organisations to either implement business continuity management or to re-visit existing management practices to ensure they are still relevant and fit-to-era. This paper discusses four tested factors of such a model/framework to ensure business readiness or business continuity. That provides a framework for consistently reaching a holistic management practice in information systems.

Keywords: business continuity; business discontinuity; crisis management; disaster management; business readiness; business preparedness; emergency management; critical business functions; holistic management; information systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBCRM.2010.035685

International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 2010 Vol.1 No.3, pp.211 - 221

Published online: 02 Oct 2010 *

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