Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

From Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) Wiki Glossary

1. Business Continuity Planning or BCP is the process of developing prior arrangements and procedures that enable an organization to respond to an event in such a manner that critical business functions can continue within planned levels of disruption. The end result of BCP is the BC Plan. Related Terms: Business Continuity, Business Continuity Plan, Business Continuity Management Note (1): The primary objective is to protect human life. BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 0: BCM Fundamentals CL 1: Foundation (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. Business Continuity Planning is often used to refer to those activities associated with preparing documentation to assist in the continuing availability of property,people and assets.

(Source: Australia. A Practitioner's Guide to Business Continuity Management HB292 - 2006 )