title: Can business impact analysis play a meaningful role in planning a cost-saving programme?
abstract: Business continuity as it exists today would appear to have reached something of a plateau. Considering the history of the discipline, and how it has developed from 'simple' disaster recovery to its present position, it is clear that the trend has been to move from a reactive discipline to a proactive process. Following on from this broadly-accepted point, it is perhaps time to consider how the discipline may develop and what wider and deeper contribution the business continuity profession may make to add further value for our clients. In the present climate, it seems appropriate to consider how (and if) business continuity practice can make a meaningful contribution to a cost saving exercise. The public and private sectors are considered and the differences are compared.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Planning Unit, North Yorkshire County Council, Racecourse Lane, Northallerton, UK. trevor.wright@northyorks.gov.uk
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D004189:Disaster Planning; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D020415:Personnel Downsizing; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D006113:United Kingdom