Deploy the Business Continuity Management Solution Set

Audience: Unified Command Platform administrators and business continuity coordinators responsible for implementing the Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) Solution Set for their organization.

Goal: Deploy and configure the Business Continuity Management Program Solution Set so users can begin managing business continuity activities using the standard BCMP boards.

What You'll Learn

In this guide, you'll learn how to deploy the Business Continuity Management Program Solution Set, configure the Business Continuity Management and Runbooks boards, assign user access through Feature Groups, and organize the solution using Unified Command Platform menus.

What You'll Accomplish

By the end of this guide, you'll have the Business Continuity Management Program Solution Set deployed and configured, the Runbooks board available to users, and the appropriate Feature Groups and menus configured to support business continuity operations.

Introduction

The Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) Solution Set provides a collection of standard Unified Command Platform boards designed to help organizations manage business continuity planning and operations. Rather than creating these boards from scratch, you can deploy the solution set, configure user access, and organize the boards for your organization using the existing Unified Command Platform administrative tools.

This guide walks through the recommended setup process using the existing BCMP documentation.

Follow these steps

1. Learn about the Business Continuity Management Program Solution Set

Before deploying the solution, review the overview to understand the capabilities included with the BCMP Solution Set.

This overview describes the purpose of the solution set and the capabilities provided by the included boards, such as:

  • Business Continuity Management

  • Audit and Compliance

  • Training and Exercise Tracker

  • Runbooks

  • Dashboards

  • Document Library

  • Reporting

2. Download and Import the Business Continuity boards

  1. Download the BCMP Solution set.

  2. Import the boards.

3. Configure the Business Continuity Management boards

Review the board specifications provided with the solution set and configure the boards as needed for your organization.

The.setup documentation includes information such as:

  • Available display views

  • Board permissions tags

  • Device compatibility

  • Workflow notes

4. Review the Runbooks workflow

Runbooks provide structured procedures that users can follow during continuity operations. Review how Runbooks are intended to be used.

The Runbooks overview explains the purpose of Runbook Templates, Activated Runbooks, dashboards, and exporting Runbooks.

5. Set up the Runbooks board

See Set Up the Runbooks Board

During this step you'll:

  1. import the Runbooks board

  2. Assign it to Feature Groups

  3. Review the available display views

  4. Configure user access

Step 6. Plan and Create Feature Groups

If necessary, update the feature groups after importing the BCMP boards. See Plan and Create a Feature Group.

7. Organize the solution with menus (Optional)

Create a dedicated Business Continuity menu so users can easily locate the BCMP boards.

A menu can group together items making the solution easier for users to navigate, such as.

  • Business Continuity Management

  • Audit and Compliance

  • Training and Exercise Tracker

  • Runbooks

See Menus and Create a Menu.

8. Verify the deployment

After configuration is complete, verify that:

  1. Users can access the BCMP boards.

  2. Feature Group permissions work correctly.

  3. The Runbooks board is available.

  4. Menus display the correct boards.

  5. The expected display views are available.