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I have known Andy Cuerel for a number of years and have always appreciated his in-depth yet practical approach to business continuity management. So when it was time to have someone provide a high-level overview of BCM for Riskademy, Andy was an obvious choice. I hope our conversation helps clarify the relationship, and differences, between … Continue reading Meet the expert – A conversation with Andy Cuerel
The WDYMB...Crisis? article prompted a few questions concerning the interactions and relationship between crisis management, business continuity management and general response. These relationships are complicated both in how these are managed and also because different disciples will view the relationships differently. Below, there is a quick video I made to help explain the relationships as … Continue reading Incident Response vs. Crisis vs. BCM – video
After 15 years, it feels very good to finally be able to write that. Take a look. The video might be scrappy but the app isn't. DCDR is live AND it has users. It's been a busy week. Schedule your demo
When things go wrong Despite the best efforts of the risk manager and senior leadership, it’s still possible that things can go wrong for your organization. Processes aren’t followed or are applied incorrectly, mitigation measures turn out to be inadequate, something unforeseen happens or, as is so often the case, someone does something they shouldn’t. … Continue reading WDYMB…crisis?
The DCDR pilot program will launch in March 2018. Send an email to join the wait list. Not sure? read more about the program below The DCDR pilot program is designed to allow early adopters of the product to have pre-release access to the application. The program is primarily for highly-engaged, passionate users with a … Continue reading DCDR Pilot Program Launching in March
I've just uploaded a short video showing one of the functional assessment apps in use. Although the methodology is different from the full DCDR tool, the approach and functionality is very similar: Fast? Check! Simple? Check! Easy to use? Check! So here's a taster of what the DCDR app is going to look like. Enjoy! https://videos.files.wordpress.com/JeX9KnH2/dcdr-functional-assessment-demo_hd.mp4
Opportunity overload continues to be the biggest threat to DCDR right now: I keep finding myself being seduced by thoughts of what the app could do, rather than what the core feature set should be. Luckily, I am getting good advice from Matt and from the several thousands of hours of podcasts and interviews I … Continue reading DCDR Update – mid-February 2018
The DCDR pilot program is designed to allow early adopters of the product to have pre-release access to the application. The program is primarily for highly-engaged, passionate users with a shared interest in seeing an effective, efficient risk assessment application in the marketplace. In addition to early access, users on the pilot program will be … Continue reading DCDR Pilot Program Launching Soon
I confess to having a love / hate relationship with standards. On the plus side, having an agreed way of doing things is incredibly attractive. No need to spend long periods trying to design a system; shared terms, concepts and processes; easy collaboration between different groups. So when they work well, standards are great and definitely … Continue reading I love (and hate) standards. You should too
Happy New Year! For DCDR, this year is make or break time and so far, we are off to a good start. The first half of January has been a mix of progress and frustration but I am beginning to think that this is what 'normal' looks like for software development! Updates There are three … Continue reading DCDR Update – Mid-January 2018