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I wish I’d known then…. Tips & tricks for performing a BIA. PRESENTED TO: NEDRIX ANNUAL 2011 CONFERENCE BY: ANN PICKREN | VICE PRESIDENT, SOLUTIONS. OCTOBER 25, 2011. © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential. A BIA can be a big headache.
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I wish I’d known then… Tips & tricks for performing a BIA PRESENTED TO: NEDRIX ANNUAL 2011 CONFERENCE BY: ANN PICKREN | VICE PRESIDENT, SOLUTIONS OCTOBER 25, 2011 © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
A BIA can be a big headache © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
So why do we have to do them • Prioritize recovery • Define RTO, RPO & MTP • Understand dependencies © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
What makes them so difficult? Impacts are hard to figure out It’s easy to get caught in analysis paralysis Execs aren’t always interested in what we say © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
Where can you go wrong? • Financial analysis = unrealistic measurements • Information overload • It’s hard to figure out key business processes • Nobody wants to help © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
What’s to be done? © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
How to make it easier Define a process and map that process © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
How to collect the data • Figure out what you need first • Focus your interviews • Prepare interviewees ahead of time © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
Challenge your input Don’t just report it… CHALLENGE! © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
Data can be misleading • What data do you need? • Where can you find it? • How can you get it? © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
The finished product • Analyze and report • Less is more • Careful use of graphics • Target your sponsor • Know your data • Add value • Challenge your results © 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
© 2011 MIR3, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.