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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 K: Operational Resilience Strategy Template   

1. Executive Summary

Summarise:

• current resilience position;
• strategic drivers;
• major risks;
• strategic priorities.

2. Operational Resilience Vision

Define the intended future state.

3. Strategic Objectives

Examples:

• strengthen critical business service resilience;
• establish integrated governance;
• improve dependency visibility;
• enhance third-party resilience;
• strengthen scenario-testing capability.

4. Scope

Define:

• business entities;
• functions;
• geographies;
• critical services;
• supporting functions.

5. Guiding Principles

Examples:

• service-focused;
• integrated;
• proportionate;
• evidence-based;
• risk-informed;
• continuously improved.

6. Current-State Summary

Summarise maturity and key gaps.

7. Target State

Describe desired future capability.

8. Strategic Workstreams

Identify major capability areas.

9. Resource Requirements

Define:

• people;
• budget;
• technology;
• expertise.

10. Governance

Define oversight and accountability.

11. Measures of Success

Define KPIs and strategic outcomes.

"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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