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title: [OR] [P2] [S2] [MII] [C13] Integration with Operational Resilience Framework
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###### From Complexity to Clarity: Mapping Interconnections and Interdependencies for Operational Resilience
# \[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C13\] Integration with Operational Resilience Framework
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Interconnection and interdependency mapping is not an isolated activity—it is a **core enabler of the broader operational resilience framework**. Its true value is realised when it is integrated into key resilience disciplines, informing decision-making, testing, and recovery strategies.
This chapter explains how mapping connects to critical components of operational resilience, including:
- **Impact tolerance setting**
- **Scenario testing (Severe but Plausible Scenarios – SuPS)**
- **Business continuity planning (BCP)**
It also highlights alignment with the BCM Institute’s **Operational Resilience Planning Methodology**, particularly **Phase 2 – Implement (P2-S2)**.
[](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/dbcad25a-5ca0-4bd8-ae1b-7906de022d85)
[Moh Heng Goh](https://blog.bcm-institute.org/ebook-or/author/moh-heng-goh) May 15, 2026
###### Operational Resilience Certified Planner-Specialist-Expert
### [](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/6072e46a-8b7a-441a-9257-0c17043af1f5)
### \[P2\] \[S2\] Chapter 13
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### Integration with Operational Resilience Framework
#### **Introduction**
Interconnection and interdependency mapping is not an isolated activity—it is a **core enabler of the broader operational resilience framework**. Its true value is realised when it is integrated into key resilience disciplines, informing decision-making, testing, and recovery strategies.[![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C13\] Integration with Operational Resilience Framework](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/c9628dd2-bbcb-4b54-b5b5-490066640d6d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/c9628dd2-bbcb-4b54-b5b5-490066640d6d)
This chapter explains how mapping connects to critical components of operational resilience, including:
- **Impact tolerance setting**
- **Scenario testing (Severe but Plausible Scenarios – SuPS)**
- **Business continuity planning (BCP)**
It also highlights alignment with the BCM Institute’s **Operational Resilience Planning Methodology**, particularly **Phase 2 – Implement (P2-S2)**.
#### **Purpose of the Chapter**
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The purpose of this chapter is to:
- Demonstrate how mapping integrates into operational resilience frameworks
- Explain how mapping supports key resilience activities
- Align mapping with structured methodologies (OR-P2-S2)
- Reinforce mapping as a **foundational capability for resilience planning**
#### **Role of Mapping in Operational Resilience**
##### **From Mapping to Resilience Enablement**
Mapping provides:
- Visibility of service delivery
- Understanding of dependencies
- Identification of vulnerabilities
However, its real value lies in enabling:
- Evidence-based decision-making
- Realistic resilience testing
- Effective recovery strategies
##### **Core Integration Areas**
Mapping integrates directly with:
- Impact tolerance setting
- Scenario testing
- Business continuity planning
These areas rely on accurate mapping to ensure:
- Realistic assumptions
- Comprehensive coverage
- Effective outcomes
#### **Link to Impact Tolerance Setting**
##### **Understanding Impact Tolerance**
Impact tolerance defines:
**The maximum level of disruption an organisation can tolerate for a Critical Business Service before unacceptable harm occurs.**
##### **Role of Mapping**
Mapping supports impact tolerance by:
- Identifying **critical dependencies**
- Highlighting **time-sensitive processes**
- Revealing **bottlenecks and constraints**
##### **Application**
Organisations can use mapping to:
- Determine realistic **maximum tolerable downtime (MTD)**
- Assess **data loss thresholds**
- Evaluate **customer and regulatory impact**
##### **Outcome**
Impact tolerance becomes:
- Evidence-based
- Aligned with operational realities
- Defensible to regulators
#### **Link to Scenario Testing (SuPS)**
##### **Importance of Scenario Testing**
Scenario testing assesses whether an organisation can:
- Continue delivering CBS under disruption
- Remain within defined impact tolerances
##### **Role of Mapping**
Mapping enables organisations to:
- Design **realistic and dependency-driven scenarios**
- Identify **critical components to test**
- Simulate **cascading failures across interconnections**
##### **Severe but Plausible Scenarios (SuPS)**
Mapping supports the development of SuPS by:
- Identifying high-risk dependencies
- Highlighting concentration risks
- Enabling end-to-end service testing
##### **Example**
- Dependency: Core banking system
- Scenario: System outage
- Impact: Multiple CBS disrupted
##### **Outcome**
Scenario testing becomes:
- Comprehensive
- Realistic
- Aligned with actual operational dependencies
#### **Link to Business Continuity Planning (BCP)**
##### **Role of BCP**
Business continuity planning ensures that:
- Critical services can be maintained or recovered
- Disruptions are managed effectively
##### **Limitations of Traditional BCP**
Traditional BCP often focuses on:
- Individual systems or processes
- Predefined recovery objectives
This may not fully address:
- Interdependencies across services
- Complex, multi-layered disruptions
##### **Role of Mapping**
Mapping enhances BCP by:
- Providing **end-to-end visibility of service delivery**
- Identifying **dependency chains**
- Enabling **prioritised recovery sequencing**
##### **Application**
Organisations can use mapping to:
- Identify critical recovery points
- Align recovery strategies with dependencies
- Coordinate recovery across functions and third parties
##### **Outcome**
BCP becomes:
- Service-centric
- Integrated across dependencies
- More effective in restoring end-to-end services
#### **Alignment with Operational Resilience Methodology (OR-P2-S2)**
##### **Position of Mapping in OR Lifecycle**
Mapping is a core activity within:
**Phase 2 – Implement → Stage 2 (P2-S2): Map Processes and Resources**
##### **Role within the Lifecycle**
Mapping serves as the foundation for:
- **P2-S3:** Setting Impact Tolerance
- **P2-S4:** Conducting Scenario Testing
- **P2-S5:** Improving Lessons Learned
##### **Integration Across Stages**
| Stage | Role of Mapping |
| --- | --- |
| P2-S2 | Identify and document dependencies |
| P2-S3 | Inform impact tolerance thresholds |
| P2-S4 | Enable realistic scenario design |
| P2-S5 | Support continuous improvement |
##### **Outcome**
Mapping ensures:
- Consistency across the operational resilience lifecycle
- Alignment between planning, testing, and improvement
#### **Key Insight**
**Mapping enables understanding of upstream and downstream dependencies critical for resilience planning.**
##### **Upstream Dependencies**
- Inputs required for processes
- Example: Authentication systems feeding into payment processing
##### **Downstream Dependencies**
- Outputs impacting subsequent processes
- Example: Payment processing affecting settlement and reporting
##### ** Importance**
Understanding these relationships enables:
- Identification of cascading impacts
- Effective scenario testing
- Coordinated recovery planning
#### **Integrated Resilience View**
When fully integrated, mapping supports a **holistic operational resilience framework**, linking:
- **Dependencies → Impact Tolerance → Scenario Testing → Recovery Planning**
This ensures that:
- Resilience strategies are aligned with real-world operations
- Risks are identified and managed proactively
- Services can be sustained under disruption
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Integration with operational resilience frameworks transforms mapping from a descriptive exercise into a **strategic enabler of resilience**.
By linking mapping to:
- **Impact tolerance setting**
- **Scenario testing (SuPS)**
- **Business continuity planning**
and aligning with **OR Phase 2 – Implement (P2-S2)**, organisations can ensure that mapping:
- Supports critical resilience activities
- Enables realistic and actionable outcomes
- Strengthens overall resilience capability
Ultimately, mapping provides the **connective layer** that brings together all elements of operational resilience, enabling organisations to understand, test, and improve their ability to deliver Critical Business Services under disruption.
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| **C1** | **C2** | **C3** | **C4** | **C5** | **C6** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C1\] Introduction to Interconnections and Interdependencies](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/8cbaf41b-9671-404d-83b3-9a20c9fd69f7.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/8cbaf41b-9671-404d-83b3-9a20c9fd69f7) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C2\] Why Mapping is Critical for Operational Resilience](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/a7625fb5-1205-4fc5-97d4-4b7492c2b25f.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/a7625fb5-1205-4fc5-97d4-4b7492c2b25f) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C3\] Core Components of Interconnections and Dependencies](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/38a3cbd4-322a-41bd-974f-5090a2ce52aa.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/38a3cbd4-322a-41bd-974f-5090a2ce52aa) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C4\] Step 1 – Define Scope of Mapping](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/69cc922b-c86c-4242-b85b-315a3f941e12.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/69cc922b-c86c-4242-b85b-315a3f941e12) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C5\] Step 2- Identify Data Sources](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/622d0fcc-71bf-4c3b-a569-213cb48bd1db.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/622d0fcc-71bf-4c3b-a569-213cb48bd1db) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C6\] Step 3 – Develop Mapping Framework](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/95581d69-3824-4acd-accf-03c2cab43765.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/95581d69-3824-4acd-accf-03c2cab43765) |
| **C7** | **C8** | **C9** | **C10** | **C11** | ** C12** |
| [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C7\] Step 4 – Map Processes and Resources](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/a4ffedf2-c795-41e9-9a8b-c5e24eea7159.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/a4ffedf2-c795-41e9-9a8b-c5e24eea7159) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C8\] Step 5 – Map Interconnections and Interdependencies](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/10f06848-f21f-457d-aa80-ca4e3b20ce9e.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/10f06848-f21f-457d-aa80-ca4e3b20ce9e) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C9\] Step 6 – Validate Mapping](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/57d7a65a-a462-4919-9324-53e0bb207f3e.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/57d7a65a-a462-4919-9324-53e0bb207f3e) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C10\] Step 7 – Analyse Mapping Outputs](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/44bbb252-fdf5-4026-90ba-cbbdbe9c099a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/44bbb252-fdf5-4026-90ba-cbbdbe9c099a) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C11\] Mapping Tools and Techniques](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/d2fab757-0d78-42dd-8553-044eead7390e.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/d2fab757-0d78-42dd-8553-044eead7390e) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C12\] Standard Templates and Data Structures](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/4f04214c-3a0f-4bed-b2f8-6352c6d3cda0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/4f04214c-3a0f-4bed-b2f8-6352c6d3cda0) |
| **C13** | **C14** | **C15** | **C16** | **C17** | ** C18** |
| [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C13\] Integration with Operational Resilience Framework](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/c9628dd2-bbcb-4b54-b5b5-490066640d6d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/c9628dd2-bbcb-4b54-b5b5-490066640d6d) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C14\] Mapping Third-Party and Supply Chain Dependencies](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/0c13b720-3d3e-4452-91e4-b9533260b3a4.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/0c13b720-3d3e-4452-91e4-b9533260b3a4) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C15\] Mapping for Digital and Cloud Environments](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/1c90de74-af6b-44d3-ae4f-26d01eac3cf7.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/1c90de74-af6b-44d3-ae4f-26d01eac3cf7) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C16\] Common Challenges and Pitfalls](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/32bbd8d7-f947-42ac-9db9-b88b0b156813.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/32bbd8d7-f947-42ac-9db9-b88b0b156813) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C17\] Case Study – Banking Sector CBS Mapping](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/5a846fed-f810-4f6b-a1d8-0c2100f0eeac.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/5a846fed-f810-4f6b-a1d8-0c2100f0eeac) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C18\] Governance and Ownership of Mapping](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/44ed11f0-5263-4485-98db-725a423c5fd6.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/44ed11f0-5263-4485-98db-725a423c5fd6) |
| **C19** | **C20** | **C21** | **C22** | | |
| [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C19\] Using Mapping for Scenario Testing](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/b7bf0bc8-b382-4892-821d-c7c867303f14.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/b7bf0bc8-b382-4892-821d-c7c867303f14) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C20\] Maintaining and Updating Mapping](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/41d34d1f-78bd-4346-845e-b0b86232cfa6.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/41d34d1f-78bd-4346-845e-b0b86232cfa6) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C21\] Key Takeaways and Future Direction](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/d8414f6b-4b4e-4a50-adb3-963546f13951.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/d8414f6b-4b4e-4a50-adb3-963546f13951) | [![\[OR\] \[P2\] \[S2\] \[MII\] \[C22\] Back Cover](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/0f96fecf-9a98-4404-8377-d37c1233df10.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/0f96fecf-9a98-4404-8377-d37c1233df10) | | |
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