Assessing disaster recovery programme maturity : A practical approach
Abstract
The process of measuring the overall maturity of a disaster recovery programme can be accomplished by measuring the maturity of the individual processes that make up the programme, and then looking at the results in aggregate. For each process, two aspects require particular attention: the maturity of the process itself, and the extent to which the process is utilised through the organisation as a whole. This paper discusses the process of measuring process maturity, and outlines a practical methodology for applying that process to the appraisal of disaster recovery programmes. It discusses the importance of looking at how widespread different disaster recovery processes are in the business, and outlines a practical approach to conducting programme appraisals.
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Author's Biography
Kevin Finch has been a business continuity and disaster recovery practitioner for the past 17 years, after working for a decade in client-server application support. He has built business continuity programmes from the ground up in financial services, insurance, logistics and auto manufacturing companies, and been a speaker at numerous business continuity and information security conferences. Kevin has also been a member of Disaster Recovery Journal’s glossary committee since 2017.
Citation
Finch, Kevin (2023, September 1). Assessing disaster recovery programme maturity : A practical approach. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 17, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.69554/GYLC9829.
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