Performing a BIA
Once the IRM Manager has created a Business Impact Analysis and sent the BIA matrix to the process owner, the latter can fill in the matrix. He/she qualifies the impact of a disruption on the process of interest.
The IRM contributor can also perform a BIA (Business Impact Analysis).To perform a BIA in the IRM desktop:
2. In the BIA properties, select the Analysis page.
3. Select the Impact Type:
• Environment
• Finance
• Operations
• Reputation
4. In the matrix, indicate a value to describe the impact, for each downtime period:
If a BIA has already been performed for the same process, previous results are displayed.You may start by filling the cell for which the impact is higher. The cells on the right will automatically be filled with this same value:
Continue to fill in the row on the left with other values:
If you prefer not to use the AutoComplete feature, click Deactivate AutoComplete.You obtain a matrix of this type:
5. After having filled all rows and columns, click the Complete button.
The values in the matrix enable to compute business continuity indicators:
• the RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
The RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is the time frame identified for resuming disrupted activities.• the business impact
A business impact is the outcome of a disruption.These results appear in the BIA Results page. See Viewing BIA Computed Results.