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A Practitioner’s Guide to the “Plan” Phase

Practical Tools for the Plan Phase

A Practitioner’s Guide to the “Plan” Phase into practical application.

The appendices provide practical tools, templates, assessment structures, and implementation aids to support the Plan Phase of the Operational Resilience Planning Methodology.

They are designed to help practitioners translate the concepts described in Chapters 1 to 8 into structured organisational activities.

The appendices may be adapted to reflect:

organisational size
industry;
regulatory requirements;
risk profile;
existing governance;
existing resilience capabilities; and
internal terminology.

The templates should therefore be treated as practical starting points rather than rigid requirements.

The key objective is consistency, traceability, and evidence-based implementation.

Appendix AI: Plan Phase Closure Report Template

1. Executive Summary

Summarise the Plan Phase outcome.

2. Completed Deliverables

List completed outputs.

3. Outstanding Actions

List remaining items.

4. Outstanding Risks

Document risks transferred into the Implement Phase.

5. Lessons Learned

Record:

what worked well;
what should improve;
key implementation lessons.

6. Implement Phase Readiness

Summarise readiness results.

7. Management Decision

Record transition approval.

"Plan" Phase of the OR Planning Methodology

Assess Capability and Maturity	Analyse Gap	Develop Strategy and Roadmap	Confirm Risk Appetite	Develop and Embed Governance

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