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BSBSTR803 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Establish business continuity management strategies

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency BSBSTR803 - Establish business continuity management strategies
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes skills and knowledge required to establish, monitor and review the business continuity management framework and strategies for an organisation.The unit applies to individuals working in positions of authority who have the responsibility for embedding business continuity management into corporate or organisational levels of a business.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

workplace documents, including risk management documentation

organisational and industry information and data

organisational policies and procedures

workplace equipment and materials.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
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Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Create business continuity management framework
  • Identify organisational scope, critical business operations and resources, and risks and disruption scenarios
  • Develop risk management strategy
  • Conduct a business impact analysis
  • Develop business continuity management framework according to identified potential risks and interruption to critical business operations
  • Demonstrate sponsorship, responsibility and accountability for business continuity management framework
  • Consult with stakeholders to establish governance structures for the business continuity management framework, according to size of organisation
  • Determine and seek approval from relevant stakeholders on resources for implementation of business continuity management framework
  • Support stakeholders to implement business continuity management framework
       
Element: Monitor business continuity management framework and strategies
  • Develop a cyclical review process for monitoring business continuity management framework
  • Communicate and provide to relevant stakeholders information relating to cyclical review process
  • Develop and seek approval of tools that verify and validate business continuity management framework activities, processes and plans
  • Consult with relevant stakeholders implementation of business continuity management framework
  • Manage business continuity management framework learning, development and exercises across organisation
  • Implement and conduct business continuity management program audits
       
Element: Review and evaluate business continuity management framework and strategies
  • Review and analyse reports on business continuity management framework learning and development exercises
  • Review and analyse the organisation’s communication strategy and implement relevant changes
  • Review and update overall business continuity management framework activities, processes, plans and resources according to results pre- and post-activation
  • Analyse and integrate organisation’s business impact assessment and identify dependencies and interdependencies, as required
  • Seek feedback from and respond to relevant stakeholders on business continuity management framework and strategies
       


Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

establish, monitor and review the formal and informal business continuity management framework and strategies for an organisation or work area, including:

consulting with relevant stakeholders to establish and implement a business continuity framework and system

developing and implementing a process to review a business continuity management framework in consultation with others

analysing, evaluating and updating a business continuity management framework

demonstrating leadership and authority for embedding business continuity management into corporate and organisational levels of a business.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

risk management strategy

business impact analysis

potential risks and interruption to critical business operations

governance structures

cyclical review process

tools that verify and validate business continuity management framework activities, processes and plans

internal and external dependencies and interdependencies

current organisation functions, including existing data and information systems

organisational policies and procedures relevant to the business continuity management framework

internal, external and industry disruptions

relationship of the business continuity management framework to other business processes.


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify organisational scope, critical business operations and resources, and risks and disruption scenarios 
Develop risk management strategy 
Conduct a business impact analysis 
Develop business continuity management framework according to identified potential risks and interruption to critical business operations 
Demonstrate sponsorship, responsibility and accountability for business continuity management framework 
Consult with stakeholders to establish governance structures for the business continuity management framework, according to size of organisation 
Determine and seek approval from relevant stakeholders on resources for implementation of business continuity management framework 
Support stakeholders to implement business continuity management framework 
Develop a cyclical review process for monitoring business continuity management framework 
Communicate and provide to relevant stakeholders information relating to cyclical review process 
Develop and seek approval of tools that verify and validate business continuity management framework activities, processes and plans 
Consult with relevant stakeholders implementation of business continuity management framework 
Manage business continuity management framework learning, development and exercises across organisation 
Implement and conduct business continuity management program audits 
Review and analyse reports on business continuity management framework learning and development exercises 
Review and analyse the organisation’s communication strategy and implement relevant changes 
Review and update overall business continuity management framework activities, processes, plans and resources according to results pre- and post-activation 
Analyse and integrate organisation’s business impact assessment and identify dependencies and interdependencies, as required 
Seek feedback from and respond to relevant stakeholders on business continuity management framework and strategies 

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