One key to implementing and managing your BC program is to understand that regardless of whatever international or national BCM standard is adopted, as a BCM Implementer or Auditor, you should be able to adapt and adopt a common approach without making major changes to your current BC program.
The key is to use the BCM Planning Methodology as a common approach within your organization. Click the icon on right to read more.
Having had the chance to write the Singapore BCM standard SS540 which is now subsumed as part of ISO22301, what I have learned is that most BCM standards are similar except that they tend to be written to look different from each other. However, the content is usually similar, especially the BC program elements.
In the ISO 22301 standard, this will not differ as the BCMS is mapped to its corresponding BCM planning methodology.
In the ISO 22301 Requirement document, the BC program element is the highlight as the “DO” component of the PDCA cycle. The details of the “DO” component is clearly highlighted as the BC program element in the ISO 22313 standard – guidance.
Finally, a comparison chart to mapped the BCM Planning Methodology (Top row in Blue colour) to the elements of BC Program as spelt out in ISO 22313 (Left column in diagram coloured in red). For those who need more details on the standard, there is an ISO 22313. It is to help professionals mapped the elements of the ISO 22301 standard into a formal planning methodology.
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