Structured workflows for BIAs
Perform the tasks that are outlined in this section to create a business impact analysis in Business Continuity Workspace (also known as BCM Configurable Workspace).
Typically, the business impact analysis owner performs the following tasks:
- Create a business impact analysis. For more information, see Create a business impact analysis.
Assess the impact categories and submit the analysis for a review and approval.
Note:If an approval record is already created for a BIA, the Approve or Reject buttons are not displayed in the BIA form.For more information, see Assess impact categories and dependencies.
- As the BCM lead, approve the BIA. For more information, see Approve the business impact analysis.
- Generate and save the PDF of the analysis for reference.
The video shows how BCM Managers can use the CMDB as a source to update dependencies in a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). The same process applies to Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and events.
BIA updates
Beginning with the Xanadu release, the reliability of business impact analysis is enhanced through the implementation of following updates.
- Access the latest BIAs of the dependent items and their recovery objectives such as Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and Recovery Tiers.
- Configure the columns in the dependency assessment of a BIA.
- Schedule automated updates for the dependencies from the CMDB.
- Configure the updates to be done after a manual review.
Note:
If an approval record is created for a BIA, the Approve or Reject button is not displayed on the BIA form. For a user to view the Approve or
Reject button, the following conditions must be fulfilled:
- The user should have the sn_bia.bia_manager role.
- The BIA should be in the Pending approval state.
- The BIA should not have any approval records created.
Additional information on Business Impact Analysis
- For information on the Business impact analysis tab in the Home page, see Home page view.
- For information on business impact analysis, see Business impact analysis.
- For information on the administrative tasks in business impact analysis, see Setup for a business impact analysis.