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Unit Introduction and Overview

Learn to identify and prioritize essential functions for continuity of operations planning. Understand what qualifies as an essential function, how to prioritize based on criticality and potential triggers, and ensure staff support for these functions.

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Unit Introduction and Overview

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  1. Unit Introduction and Overview • Unit objective: • Identify and prioritize essential functions.

  2. What is an essential function? What Is an Essential Function?

  3. What Is an Essential Function? • Any functions that enable an organization to: • Provide vital services. • Exercise civil authority. • Maintain the safety of the general public. • Sustain the industrial/economic base during an emergency.

  4. What Is an Essential Function? • Agencies must: • Determine what must be continued in all circumstances. • Consider those functions that cannot be interrupted for more than 12 hours.

  5. What is an example of an essential function that is required by law? What Is an Essential Function?

  6. What Is an Essential Function? • Agencies must determine those functions: • Explicitly assigned by law or Presidential order. • Established by the agency head. • That provide vital support to another agency.

  7. Prioritizing Essential Functions • Prioritize based on the criticality of the function. • Prioritize against likely COOP triggers and scenarios. • Consider that prioritization may be situation-dependent.

  8. What is an example of a priority that is situation-dependent? Prioritizing Essential Functions

  9. Activity: Identifying and Prioritizing Essential Functions • Identify your organization’s four most critical functions. • Write the functions, by priority, on the Essential Functions Matrix Worksheet. • You will have 10 minutes to complete this activity.

  10. Staff Support for Essential Functions • Base on essential functions. Include: • Management teams. • Response teams. • Notification personnel.

  11. Staff Support for Essential Functions • Establish a COOP roster of personnel • who: • Are properly trained in and credentialed for their COOP responsibilities. • Possess the authority to perform the assigned essential function. • Are capable of serving as a backup for a primary COOP team member.

  12. What else should you consider when determining COOP staffing? Staff Support for Essential Functions

  13. Staff Support for Essential Functions • Other considerations for staffing: • Can that employee work long hours, if necessary? • Would serving as an emergency response group member cause personal hardship? • Can the employee remain calm in an emergency?

  14. What else should you consider? Identifying Additional COOP Considerations

  15. Identifying Additional COOP Considerations • Mission-critical data • Resource requirements • Conduct an annual review of essential functions for: • Mission change • Customer change

  16. Activity: Supporting Essential Functions • Consider the essential functions identified in the earlier activity. • Determine the types of support required. • Complete the Essential Functions Matrix Worksheet. • You will have 10 minutes to complete this activity.

  17. Summary and Transition • This unit: • Introduced essential functions • Next unit: • Orders of succession (Unit 4)

  18. Summary and Transition • Questions?

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