BCMBoK 7: Program Management

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1. Business Continuity Management Body of Knowledge 7 or BCMBoK 7 provides the minimum expectation for a BCM professional in the area of Program Management.

Ensure that the plan works and keep it current.
- Formalize plan maintenance process.
- Upkeep high awareness level.
- Link the Business Continuity (BC) effort to the organization performance.
- Incorporate BC as part of the key decision factors in business strategy formation.
- Benchmark Business Continuity Plan (BC Plan) and standard against international standards.
- Formulate an objective mechanism to validate the "workability" of the complete plan.
- Review and amend plan to reflect changes in staff, equipment and procedures.
- Maintain a Business Continuity (BC) or Disaster Recovery Management culture.
- Ensure that the BCM program and BC plan is audited periodically.
  - An elaboration of the BCM Body of Knowledge Audit (BCMBoK Audit)