Have your Business Continuity exercises Designed and Facilitated by JEC experienced consultants
John Eary,
Director of JEC Professional Services Ltd.
A well-designed Business Continuity exercise will test the robustness and effectiveness of Business Continuity and Crisis Management Plans. It is clearly much better to conduct a Business Continuity test to discover any weaknesses in Business Continuity Plans before an actual catastrophic event occurs. However few organisations have the time, or breadth of experience, to design and facilitate a realistic BCP exercise.
We have a proven 5-stage methodology to ensure that Business Continuity exercises are engaging experiences for the participants and are practical BCP tests.
Outline Design In this stage we determine the objectives of the exercise, scope, key aspects of the plan to be addressed, key participants approaches and scenarios
Detailed Exercise Designincludes scenario planning with expected activities, optional ‘spoiler incidents’ to provide more challenge where required.
Develop Exercise Materialsincludes thedevelopment of a stimulating exercise presentation and other exercise materials
FacilitationWhile facilitating the exercise the JEC consultant will observe how the plan is referenced. The exercise contains a hot debrief session for the participants to reflect on immediate lessons learned.
Post-exercise review We can provide a comprehensive report on the suitability of current Business Continuity Plans with prioritised recommendations.
JEC consultants have extensive experience in the design and facilitation of Business Continuity exercises to rigorously test Business Continuity and Crisis Management Plans.We have devised and facilitated Business Continuity exercises for a diverse range of clients including Clear Channel International, Compton Care, Cottsway Housing, Good Energy, Kambi, Lyreco, MS Society, Taylor&Emmett, and Wales and West Utilities.
See their testimonials under 'Client Feedback' below
Our consultancy services include:
Business Continuity strategies and policies
Auditing your BCM Plans against ISO standards
Business Impact Analysis
Development of Incident Management plans
Development of Business Continuity plans
Development of Disaster Recovery Plans
Development and facilitation of Business Continuity exercises and Major Incident Management exercises
Training your staff in Business Continuity Planning & Business Impact Analysis
Acting as a Trusted Adviser providing practical advice that is thoroughly grounded in Best Practice and experience
Technical Assessments of your ICT Systems & Infrastructure
“Thanks, there was very positive feedback. The exercise was well structured; everyone was fully engaged and it highlighted a number of areas we need to address. Plus it was an enjoyable day, thanks for all your support.”
"John successfully planned and facilitated a Business Continuity training exercise for us at relatively short notice. John was very diligent and thorough in his planning and worked collaboratively with me in order to achieve an end result that the attendees felt was very valuable. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend John to advise on Business Continuity Management or in planning and running an exercise of this nature."
"John helped us undertake a business continuity exercise which really engaged with the people involved and gave us some good insight."
Nick Dacey
Operations Director, Lyreco
“At Lyreco, we have recently completed the development of a Business Continuity Plan with the help of John Eary. His professionalism, efficiency and knowledge ensured the project was completed on plan and with buy-in from the whole management team. I would recommend John to other organisations looking for similar solutions.”
Eddie White MBA
VP - Service Delivery Operations, AccessPay
"John supported AccessPay as a consultant during the preparations for our ISO22301 Business Continuity assessment. This included assisting with Risk Assessments, training staff & planning exercises. We were working to a very tight timeline and John helped us to keep on track and to budget. His efforts were rewarded when BSI Certified AccessPay to ISO22301 in July 2015. If you have a similar project I would highly recommend contacting John for sound advice and a professional service."
"John has been helping us develop a bespoke Business Continuity Strategy for our business. His wise, practical and straight talking advice and support has - and continues to be - invaluable and I have no hesitation in recommending him! "
Julie Goddard
Business Continuity Manager, Leicestershire County Council
"It was really refreshing to work with a consultant who understands the challenges and could articulate some useful and practical suggestions for improvement- plus he offered useful advice even after the assignment had completed. I can fully recommend John's services, and would be happy to provide a formal reference on request"
Catastrophic events like fire, explosions and other major incidents that lead to the loss of systems can have a devastating impact on the operations of organisations and in some cases injury or loss of life. To be prepared for dealing with major incidents organisations should have:
Prepared a Business Continuity strategy and policy
Conducted Business Impact Analysis to identify the key risks and consequent impacts and to establish the timescales within which their business areas would require specific systems and applications to be restored.
Developed an Incident Management Plan so that senior management know their responsibilities and actions they will need to take in the event of a major incident.
Developed a Business Continuity Plan covering all the key business functions so that staff are able to maintain services and readily recover to normal operations when the situation allows.
Conducted exercises to ensure that managers and staff clearly understand their Business Continuity roles and have practised executing the plans in a pressured situation.
Have in place a Disaster Recovery Plan so that the IT and telecommunications services lost in a major incident can be restored in a cost-effective way.
and we'll discuss your Business Continuity requirements and how we can help you.Your details are confidential and we will never sell them to a third party.
