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<< RISK MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT>>

We have developed risk management (RM) and business continuity management (BCM) plans and procedures for many organisations. We offer advice and assistance in project direction, undertake risk assessments and business impact analysis, develop, review and test business continuity plans, and assist in audit and documentation control.

Key benefits of dealing with us

  • Experienced in developing both Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity Management policies and procedures for large and small organizations
  • Experience gained from developing & testing hundreds of business continuity plans
  • We understand & have experience in linking BCM, risk management & corporate governance
  • We use a proven methodology based on Australian and International Standards
  • We hit the ground running with our own proven tools and template documentation
  • Our approach has been praised for being practical, easy to understand & very cost effective

Capabilities

"We recently designed a unique client specific BCP template and successfully delivered 7 workshops on business continuity management, business impact analysis, and creating and testing business continuity plans for over 70 senior staff at the Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport & Recreation in Brisbane."

"We recently managed all the risks, issues and project reporting for one of the largest energy transition projects experienced in the Queensland market place".

"We developed a new Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity Management Policy and linked them to a Corporate Governance Framework for a Queensland Government Department".

"We directed a business continuity project over a 10 month period for a health sector organization, involving the management of 107 business continuity planning staff and spanning 17 offices throughout Australia".

"We assisted the Australian business unit of one of the world's largest mining companies through an international audit of their business continuity plans and strategies to achieve an excellent rating".

We follow and use the global principles and practices outlined by the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Standards Australia handbooks HB 221:2004 "Business Continuity Management", HB 292-2006 "A practitioners guide to business continuity management", and HB 293-2006 "Executive guide to business continuity management". These two organizations work closely together and promote a common 9 step business continuity management process as well as providing a number of excellent workbook template forms, flow charts and procedures. Additional material is sourced from our own contingency plan templates and the methodology and processes supplied by the Disaster Recovery Institute International.

Our specific capabilities based on working with past clients include:

  • Risk management & business continuity management policy and framework development
  • Conducting risk assessments and vulnerability analysis
  • Business impact analysis (BIA)
  • Creating and testing business continuity plans
  • Planning and running workshops on risk and business continuity planning
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Crisis management including the often neglected area of CRISIS COMMUNICATION
  • Emergency response - creation of strategies and review of existing systems & documentation
  • Promoting and marketing of BCM and communication strategy development
  • Training stakeholders in business continuity management and contingency planning and testing

Reference accounts

Some of the organizations we have assisted in this area include:

  • Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport & Recreation, Queensland
  • ENERGEX, Queensland
  • Department of Child Safety, Queensland
  • Rio Tinto, (Pacific Coal) Queensland
  • Tarong Mine - all coal mine operations
  • Kestrel Mine - all coal mine operations
  • Blair Athol Mine - all coal mine operations
  • Bartercard International - Queensland headquarters and all overseas brokers and agencies
  • Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology - Brisbane headquarters and all 17 laboratories around Australia
  • Underwater World - wharf complex and administration centre
  • Ross Mining - Brisbane headquarters and Solomon Islands mine site
  • Shell Coal
  • Freighters Queensland - all business operations
  • Queensland Basketball - all state operations

Sample documents

Please feel free to download some of our sample documents about business continuity management.


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