A Manager's Guide to ISO22301

CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF THE BCM PROCESS

This chapter provides an overview of the BCM process and an introduction to Chapters 3 to 9 of this book.

Unlike its predecessor, ISO22301 doesn’t include a ‘model’ for the BCM process – something the former called ‘the BCM Lifecycle’, which was, in fact, quite similar to the ‘Plan-Do-Check-Act’ (PDCA) cycle which does form part of the basis of the Standard.

Whilst the resulting BC plans, and the organisation’s ability to prevent or withstand interruptive incidents should ultimately be the same, the mechanism by which an ISO22301 compliant management system delivers these is distinctly different from BS25999.

This book’s predecessor looked at the rationale for executing all of the BCM lifecycle’s six components, ...