What is the 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.

• Aim to identify and describe the professions' most generally accepted core knowledge.
• Serve as a condensed representation of the OR BoK for BCM Institute for applicants submitting their OR or ORA certification application.

You as a Candidate Preparing for Your Online Qualifying Examination

Study these terminologies to prepare for your ORCP-ORCS-ORCE examination.

Under Construction: To duplicate for CL 2 and CL 3 for ORCS and ORCE.  The duplicate for ORAS and ORAE.

You as an OR Certification Applicant

When you are applying for your ORCS or ORCE certification, you are expected to demonstrate your experience in 4 of the OR BoK if you are applying for the ORCS/ ORAS and 8 (of the 15 OR BoK) of the OR BoK if you are applying for the ORCE/ ORAE.

This section overviews the three (3) OR BoK domains and fifteen (15) OR BoK.  OR BoK Domain.  Incidentally, the three OR BoK domains are the three phases of the OR Planning methodology.  OR BoK.  Each phase has five stages, forming the 15 OR BoK, the three domain (or phase) multiple by five stages. Access to each OR Body of Knowledge starts with a review of one of the five individual stages within each of the three OR BoK domains or phases of the OR planning methodology.

[P1] Plan Phase	[P2] Implement Phase	[P3] Sustain Phase
BoK 1 to 5	BoK 6 to 10	BoK 11 to 15

How Many OR BoK Do You Need When Applying for Your Certification?

When participants have completed their Specialist or Expert-level qualifying examination, they will apply for their certification, depending on their years of experience.

If you apply for your ORCS, you must have at least one year of OR or related experience. You must provide the Certification Review Committee with four of the fifteen OR BoK in your application form.

How do you reference the Body of Knowledge for your certification application?

An example of what constituted experience for the OR applicant to justify his or her relevant experience for a particular BoK.  The detailed explanation in each stage will be reflected as the relevant approach.

For example, stage one of the five stages is "Identify Critical Business Services, " which is the "Implement" phase or the second phase of the OR planning methodology. 

When you have decided to use BoK 6 as part of justifying your OR certification application, the steps and activities "Determine which business services are critical" from the BoK "Identify Critical Business Services" stage must match the applicants' experience. 

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

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

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

Operational Resilience (OR) Body of Knowledge (BoK) Domain P2 "Implement Phase"
OR BoK Domain P2 Consisting of BoK 6 to 10
OR BoK 6 to 10

 

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

Operational Resilience (OR) Body of Knowledge (BoK) Domain P3 "Sustain Phase"
OR BoK Domain P3 Consisting of BoK 11 to 15
OR BoK 11 to 15

 

 

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

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

OR BoK Domain P1 Consisting of BoK 1 to 5
Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge Domain P1 or OR BoK P1 provides the minimum expectation for an OR or ancillary professional in the [Plan] Phase of the OR Planning Methodology.
OR BoK "Plan"	Body of Knowledge BoK	Key Activities to Demonstrate Competency
	Assess Capability and Maturity	Conduct an OR maturity assessment and determine the organisation's OR baseline capability.
	Analyse Gap	Identify and prioritise the closure of OR gaps.
	Develop Strategy Roadmap	Develop an OR strategy and roadmap which utilises existing capabilities and is approved by the executive management with the aim of removing organisational silos, promoting cross-functional responsibility and a culture of resilience practices within the fabric of the organisation.
	Confirm Risk Appetite	Define risk appetite with top-down KPIs and KRIs.
	Develop and Embed Governance	Embed operational resilience in the governance structure

Learn more about OR-300 [OR-3], ORA-300 [ORA-3], OR-5000 [OR-5] and ORA-5000 [ORA-5]