F-Q92 Business Critical Function Appraisal Form
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This form allows for a concise review of individual business critical functions; descriptions, resources required, labour required, dependencies, impact of loss and business costs. Potential disruptive events, continuity arrangements and an overall review can also be detailed.
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Business Critical Function Appraisal Template
A business critical function appraisal for assessing how important a function is and what it needs to keep running. It describes the function and its resources, rates the impact of losing it, sets a recovery priority and required recovery time, and reviews the continuity arrangements and risks.
ISO 22301 expects organisations to carry out a business impact analysis to understand their critical activities and the priorities and timescales for recovering them. This appraisal gives you a practical way to do that one function at a time and record the outcome.
Built for ISO 22301 Business Impact Analysis
The appraisal covers what a business impact analysis needs for each function:
- A description of the function, its resources, labour and dependencies
- An assessment of the impact of loss, importance and recovery priority
- The cost of loss over time and the required recovery time
- A review of potential disruptive events, current continuity arrangements and recommendations
What's Included in this Business Critical Function Appraisal
The appraisal is set out so a function can be assessed and prioritised in one place:
- Function description - key products or services provided, resources required, labour and level of competence, and dependencies
- Impact of loss - the impact of a complete loss of the function, with an importance and recovery-priority matrix to set continuity priority
- Cost and recovery time - the cost to the business over increasing loss durations and the required recovery time
- Disruption review - potential disruptive events, their likelihood, current continuity arrangements, acceptability and recommendations
Who Needs a Business Critical Function Appraisal?
Any organisation that wants to understand which activities really matter and how quickly they must be recovered. It suits smaller businesses building a continuity plan without a dedicated resilience team, and anyone maintaining a business continuity management system aligned with ISO 22301.
Included in the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Toolkit
This form is part of the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Toolkit - the plans, registers, forms and guidance for running a business continuity management system in one download - and is included in every alphaZ ISO toolkit that covers business continuity.
Pairs with the Business Continuity Management Plan
Appraising a critical function feeds straight into the plan that protects it, so it pairs with the F-Q94 Business Continuity Management Plan, which sets out the response and recovery arrangements for a disruptive incident.