A Framework for Post-crisis Business Continuity Plans

The traditional risk management literature is oriented towards preventing and decreasing the impact of a crisis on an organization´s Business Continuity (BC). This is generally done by identifying, analyzing and assessing the impact that certain anticipated risks would have on the organization. In contrast, there is a relative dearth of literature on what organizations should do once a crisis has occurred. This paper proposes a general framework for post-crisis Business Continuity Planning (BCP). The BCP framework consists of multiple planning aspects, multiple phases and many detailed elements for BC plans. Based on the framework, organizations can design, tailor and/or assess their post-crisis BC plans. Future work will involve industry-specific extensions of the BCP framework.