What is Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BOK)?

Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge

The Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BoK) is an all-inclusive term that describes the sum of the body of knowledge within the Operational Resilience (OR) profession.

Since it is usually not possible to put the entire body of knowledge of even a discipline, such as Operational Resilience (OR) and Operational Resilience Audit (ORA), into a single document, there is a need for a comprehensive guide to the OR Body of Knowledge.

The Three OR Domains consists of 15 OR Body of Knowledge (OR BoK)


BoK	Plan [P1]	BoK	Implementer [P2]	BoK	Sustain [P3]
1	Assess Capability and Maturity	6	Identify Critical Business Services	11	Introduce Cultural Change Management
2	Analyse Gap	7	Map Processes and Resources	12	Develop Communication Strategy
3	Develop Strategy Roadmap	8	Set Impact Tolerance	13	Implement Training and Awareness
4	Confirm Risk Appetite	9	Conduct Scenario Testing	14	Provide Self-assessment
5	Develop and Embed Governance	10	Improve Lesson Learnt	15	Conduct Independent Quality Review

Alignment to OR Planning Methodology

To understand more about each phase, read more about the details of the OR Planning Methodology.

It is often argued that some phases within the other OR and ORA disciplines do not apply. The BCM Institute intends to standardise the implementation across the Operational Resilience (OR) and Operational Resilience Audit (ORA) disciplines.

Integration with Competency Level and Expertise Level

The diagram below provides an overview of how the BCM Body of Knowledge (BoK) is linked with the OR Competency Level (CL) and the Expertise Level (EL).

ORA and OR Competency Vs Expertise Vs Bok

Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge

The body of knowledge is divided into three domains. In each domain, there are the "Plan, " "Implement, " and "Sustain" phases of the OR planning methodology. In domains P1, P2, and P3, each domain (or phase) is broken down into five stages. These five stages form the OR Body of Knowledge.

Operational Resilience (OR) Body of Knowledge (BoK) Domain
[P1] Plan Phase	[P2] Implement Phase	[P3] Sustain Phase

Click the box to learn more about the OR body of knowledge for the fifteen OR BoK.

Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BoK) Domain P1 BoK 1 to 5

OR BoK 1 to 5

Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BoK) Domain P2 BoK 6 to 10

OR BoK 6 to 10

Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BoK) Domain P3 BoK 11 to 15

OR BoK 11 to 15

More Information About Operational Resilience OR-5000 [OR-5] or OR-300 [OR-3] Course

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Find out more about Operational Resilience Audit ORA-5000 [ORA-5] & ORA-300 [ORA-3]

To learn more about the course and schedule, click the buttons below for the ORA-300 Operational Resilience Audit Specialist [ORA-3] course and the ORA-5000 Operational Resilience Audit Expert [ORA-5] course.