The BIA (Business Impact Analysis) is not just all about satisfying management requirements. Its most important goal is to provide your organization (business, hospital, or agency) with a solid data foundation upon which you can build a meaningful, comprehensive Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
In Building a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Process: A Hands-on Blueprint, Barry Cardoza uses his teaching and lecturing skills to clearly lead you through a concise, step-by-step blueprint for building not just another "window dressing document", but an entire, systematic, functioning BIA Process.
He shows you how to:
- Obtain the all-important Executive Support that gives you your analysis authority.
- Involve stakeholders in the planning process, and obtain their honest, meaningful input
- Establish the goals, and "Big Picture" scope of your entire BIA process
- Focus on what’s important, and not get side-tracked by minutia
- Collect, and then validate your data
- Analyze your collected data, and produce a concise, valuable document, one that is a cornerstone piece in the entire organizational Business Model
- Keep your BIA current, dynamic and meaningful
A FREE, accompanying CD-ROM contains:
- A flow chart of BIA considerations and action items
- Sample communications and forms
- Customized example of Spreadsheet approach to data collection and analysis
- Customized example of a Database approach to data collection and analysis
A good BIA-based BCP that is team-driven, flexible and useful, today and tomorrow, is what works! Whatever your job accountability is in your organization: management, business continuity, risk or loss prevention, crisis preparedness and response, or education & training – this is your designated, hands-on guidebook!
Barry Cardoza has more than 30 years experience in business management, business process analysis, continuous process improvement, technology systems development, and project management. His experience has been within a very diverse combination of industries, including retail office supply and books, lawn and garden wholesale, and even theatrical production. It also includes more than 17 years of experience within the banking industry. Barry currently is responsible for the international business continuity strategy, policy, compliance, and program implementation for a large bank. Barry chairs the Bay Area Response Coalition (BARC), which is a coalition of financial institutions seeking to work with each other and the public sector toward increased crisis preparedness and response. He is on the Steering Committee for a sister organization, the Southern California Financial Institutions Recovery Coalition (SoCal FIRC) and an appointee to the Board of Directors of the Business Resumption Managers Association (BRMA). He contributes articles to a number of publications on a variety of technical and non-technical topics and is a frequent presenter at both regional and national conferences.
