Business Continuity Management Framework, Second Edition

BCM Framework represents a new approach in disaster recovery software tools. The problem with a lost of software is that it is expensive (typically £6,000 - £20,000); it requires training in use of the software; it may require consultancy in its use; it does not necessarily match your culture, requirements, or documentation standards; and it still requires a lot of work to complete the detail, without which any disaster recovery plan is worthless.

BCM Framework is different. It is comprised of a number of easily tailored modules that are selected from our database of client work from a combined total of over one hundred years of consultancy experience - modules that are hand picked as the most relevant to your own situation, culture, organization, equipment platform and infrastructure. It contains Model Business Recovery Action Plans for key corporate functions with Organization Schematics and role descriptions, with some vital - and often forgotten - actions included. The Appendices cover, amongst other items:

Contact List formats
Control Room set-up
Disaster Evaluation and Invocation Procedure
Recovery Time Estimating
Incident and Damage Reporting formats
Activity Logs and Action Logging formats
Vital Materials Lists
Agenda for Team Leaders’ Meeting
Plan Maintenance: Document Configuration Control structure
Project plans
Outline Restoration Procedures
Plan Testing Strategy
Plan Testing forms

The appropriate Outline Restoration Procedures will be selected from the best match with your platforms.

There are optional additional modules covering Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis if required.

Kingswell’s methodologies are being used by discriminating blue chip organizations including DHL, European Central Bank and Philips Electronics. You can be confident of their effectiveness and value.

2. WHY KINGSWELL’S BCM Framework?

Kingswell has some eight years experience in providing tailored solutions to public and private sector organizations, from multinationals to dynamic, smaller enterprises. Kingswell adheres to the BCI and CSSA codes of practice for consultants. The four founding partners were previously successful practicing consultants, working with organizations like Accenture, KPMG, Logica, McKinsry & Company and BIS. We have a growing number of highly skilled associates both in the UK and internationally. One of our directors was founder and, for some 15 years, Chairman of the first international user group for business continuity professionals and was a founding director of the Business Continuity Institute (the international certification body for business recovery professionals). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Continuity Forum. An associate was the first elected Chairman of the Business Continuity Institute. Two Kingswell directors were nominated for the lifetime achievement at the first industry awards ceremony. We operate not only in the UK, but also in the USA (through Kingswell Inc.); in the Pacific Rim and Australasia; in the Middle East, South America and in mainland Europe (with offices in the Netherlands and Germany).

We have provided broad business continuity consultancy to a number of clients including JP Morgan, BBC, Commerzbank, Prudential, Financial Times, Rolls Royce, Philips Electronics B.V. Sandoz, Pfizer, Unipath, Southport and Formby Community Health Services National Health Trust, Reading University, Swiss Life. We have provided Business Continuity consultancy through Hewlett Packard to their clients. Kingswell developed the physical and web based BC training courses provided by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for their 330,000 members and we also provided BC training through the UK Office of Government Commerce for the public sector.

Just as you would not entrust your finances to unqualified accountants, so it is important to ensure your business continuity consultants are qualified. Kingswell’s consult