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Introduction
Dear Shaun,
Thank you for the opportunity to provide University of Technology Sydney with a proposal for business continuity management services.
University of Technology Sydney has identified the need to conduct a review and update of their business continuity program to ensure the appropriate level of preparedness in the event of a business disruption. This includes the following elements:
- Business Continuity framework
- Business Impact Analysis
- Business Continuity Plans
- Supporting documentation
To ensure that University of Technology Sydney personnel are able to respond effectively in the event of a disruption, Fixinc also proposes to conduct activities to validate the data in Business Continuity Plans and build awareness of how to use these tools amongst key personnel.
All activities are performed by highly qualified and experienced consultants.
By facilitating this program of work, Fixinc aims to improve both the effectiveness of University of Technology Sydney's Business Continuity Program and the confidence of key stakeholders that the program meets relevant best-practice standards.
Validation of a fit-for-purpose program, based on a clear understanding of recovery priorities and dependencies, and supported by strong engagement, training and testing will help to meet stakeholder expectations and deliver a high level of confidence in University of Technology Sydney business continuity capabilities.
All activities are performed by highly qualified and experienced consultants.
Shaun, at Fixinc our passion is centred around empowering people to confidently tackle any challenge, it is part of our mission to build the most reliable resilience ecosystem in the world. To this end, we guarantee a highly professional and practical outcome that will provide you with the assurance that University of Technology Sydney has the appropriate measures in place in the event of a business disruption.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal and I look forward to the opportunity of working with you further throughout 2024.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Yours Sincerely,
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Developing your resilience
Project Engagement & Documentation Review
This is an opportunity to introduce the Fixinc team who will be running the project to your organisation's project sponsors. The meeting will confirm the scope and key resilience priorities.
Prior to a formal engagement meeting, Fixinc will review all of University of Technology Sydney existing business continuity documents to assess the level of preparedness and compliance with key standards. This includes risk assessments, business impact analysis worksheets, business continuity plans and any recent training, testing, and exercising documentation.
Fixinc will then facilitate an engagement meeting with key representatives from University of Technology Sydney to verify the review scope and key business continuity priorities.
When evaluating the existing program, Fixinc will identify strengths that can be further capitalised on to build greater resilience and weaknesses that need to be addressed to ensure a robust capability exists within the organisation.
Following the Engagement meeting, Fixinc will provide University of Technology Sydney with a project plan that identifies key milestones and will conduct regular project update meetings.
Business Impact Analysis and Threat Assessment
During the BIA meeting, Fixinc will review the current BIA outcomes provided by the faculty and business unit representatives. After the meeting, the faculty and business unit representative will have the opportunity to review the findings with their business unit leaders and finalise the BIA.
A clear understanding of the University of Technology Sydney key priorities and dependencies is essential to build effective business continuity strategies. To achieve this, Fixinc will review and update the current Business lmpact Analysis (BlA) through the facilitation of consultative interviews with faculty and business unit representatives.
For each area of the University, outcomes of the BIA process will include confirmation of:
- Changes to mission-critical functions.
- Including up-to-date information on critical business processes.
- Allowable outages and recovery timeframes for each critical function.
- Resource requirements and critical dependencies.
- Part of the outcome of the BIA will be a prioritised list of Critical Business Functions that can be transferred into the current Emergency Management Plan.
Fixinc will re-evaluate the currency, appropriateness and relevancy of current information collected as part of previous BIAs, and provide a summary report of all BIA outcomes, including recommendations and guidance on further plan development and implementation requirements.
As part of the BIA process, Fixinc will also facilitate a threat assessment for University of Technology Sydney using our proprietary threat forecasting tools to assess relevant business continuity vulnerabilities and plausible disruption scenarios that may impact critical business functions, as identified in the BIAs. This will include:
- Identification and categorisation of disruption related threats.
- Review of likely causes, existing controls and potential impacts.
- Prioritisation of all identified risks based on likelihood and impact ratings.
- Grouping and prioritisation of risks into key disruption scenarios.
Business Continuity Plan Updates
Upon completion of the BIAs, Fixinc will update University of Technology Sydney's Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), tailored to the unique operational requirements and structure of the organisation.
Upon completion of the BIAs, Fixinc will review and update all University of Technology Sydney Business Continuity Plans in scope. This will include a process to identify opportunities to enhance usability and functionality of plans.
The objective of this process will be to ensure that all Business Continuity Plans are effective to manage a major disruption, whilst still being simple and easy to use. Consideration will also be given to how the currency of these plans is maintained into the future.
Linkages with Business Continuity Plans and existing emergency management, risk management, IT, cyber and operational measures will be reviewed and updated to ensure an integrated outcome for University of Technology Sydney. This will deliver a standardised and integrated protocol for dealing with business disruptions and will include:
- Establishment of required command and control structures, including management roles and responsibilities.
- Communication strategies and supporting templates.
- Incident Assessment tools to measure the severity of an event.
- Impact assessment tools to measure the scale and nature of damage to business operations.
- Practical checklists for immediate operational tasks and escalation procedures to aid with decision-making.
- Staff management plans to assist with relocations and recovery of work priorities.
- Resource management plans to effectively coordinate recovery efforts.
- Identification of alternate accommodation and process workarounds.
- Recovery strategies in the form of highly practical checklists, supported by reference procedures.
- Resumption strategies to resume business as usual operations.
- Other supporting tools, documents, and reference materials.
Validation Activities
Fixinc will provide training and testing to enhance Business Continuity Plans at the University of Technology Sydney, fostering a resilient culture. Services encompass practical training, scenario based activities, and critical function tests, all coordinated by Fixinc's Learning and Development division.
Fixinc will provide training and testing activities to validate the information held within Business Continuity Plans and help build a proactive and embedded business continuity culture, improving the University of Technology Sydney’s level of resilience.
This will include:
- Business Continuity training sessions including a practical exercising component.
- Testing of critical business functions to confirm the ability of University of Technology Sydney to restore these functions within agreed recovery times.
Fixinc’s Learning and Development division will organise all pre-training bookings for University of Technology Sydney and complete training participant records for all sessions.
Maintenance Program
Take your corporate and personal resilience to the next level by running an annual maintenance program with Fixinc. Build a strong, positive culture of resilience.
- Annual engagement meeting with key stakeholders.
- Provision of annual maintenance schedule .
- Development of annual exercise strategy.
- Annual BIA review interviews to update BIA and Threat Landscape.
- Full review and update of all business continuity related documentation.
- Distribution of revised plans (soft copy).
- 1 x 45-minute business continuity awareness session.
- 1 x 3-hour annual Crisis Leadership training session.
- 1 x 3-hour annual Crisis Scenario Exercise.
- Provision of post-exercise reports.
- Provision of revised soft copy BCP documentation.
- Management and maintenance of business continuity related training records.
- Provide executive/board presentations as required.
- Provision of Annual Assurance Statement.
Advisory Board
Four of the very best supporting you through the tactical, operational, and strategic response to an event, anywhere in the world, at any moment.
Four senior resiliency professionals available any time, guiding you through any disruption, anywhere in the world at the click of a button.
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Relevant Standards.
ISO 22301:2019
Business Continuity
BS11200:2014, Crisis Management
ISO 31000
Risk Management
AS: 3745
Industry specific legislation
Timeframes & Resources
Project Engagement & Documentation Review
Engagement and relationship building between both parties and key stakeholders.
Business Impact Analysis and Threat Assessment
Main technique used for the analysis of an organisation for business continuity purposes.
Business Continuity Plan Updates
Consultation to discuss strategy options.
Review and approve plan outcomes.
Validation Activities
Validate your draft business continuity plans.
Program Team.
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Brad is the Global Head of Consulting within the Fixinc Consulting practice and also oversees our entire Advisory Board. He has over 25 years of Business Continuity and IT commercial experience, working across Asia, UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. Brad is responsible for the management and implementation of numerous business continuity and crisis management projects across a variety of industries, including not-for-profit, telecommunications, technology, government, financial services, education, infrastructure and utilities.
He is highly experienced in all aspects of the business continuity lifecycle and designed the unique 'Tungsten Diamond' diagram for Fixinc. His experience stretches through policy development, business impact assessments, strategy development, business continuity plan development and implementation and facilitation of business continuity training and scenario exercises. Brad brings strong business strategy, workshop facilitation, project management and analytical problem-solving skills with a visible passion for assisting organisation build their resilience capabilities.
Prior to working for Fixinc, Brad served 15-years with the British Army as a tank commander, seeing 2 tours of activity duty where he was awarded with the Northern Ireland Clasp for Operation Banner and NATO Medal for Yugoslavia during the Bosnia conflict. During this time he was a communications and cold weather survival instructor and has had extensive incident response experience fighting terrorism and supporting organisations such as Médecins Sans Frontières and UNHCR.
Brad’s business continuity and incident management qualifications were put to the test during the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, whilst working for the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (Now recognised as Ara). He initiated and ran two incident management cells for the February 2011 and June 2011 earthquakes, ensuring services could be established in temporary sites within a week of the disaster.
Brad holds the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) CBCI training qualification and has trained many students in the certification course on behalf of the BCI. He also held the award of Business Continuity Consultant of the year for Australasia in 2015.
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Ollie brings over a decade of industry experience in digital marketing and product development, with specific expertise in no-code solutions and application automations. His experience has enabled him to design and develop digital marketing campaigns that drive commercial market opportunities on mass-scale, and identify emerging applications to support internal organisational and end-user experiences. Career highlights include positions with Centrica (British Gas), Jaguar Land Rover, and Accounting Web, where he built competitive and disruptive marketing campaigns supporting Xero in their introduction to the UK market.
Ollie is a multi-business owner and entrepreneur, with a passion and focuses on converting 'old-school' methods into modernised, competitive solutions. Ollie brings valuable experience working across a number of private and government entities within the UK and Europe, Asian, and Australia and New Zealand.
He is the majority shareholder, founder and Managing Director of Fixinc Solutions (Fixinc Directory), Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fixinc Consulting Partners (Fixinc Advisory Board), and co-Director of the Fixinc Group.
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Ella is a Resilience Specialist in training who oversees our program and operational requirements. She is responsible for supporting and assisting with the development and maintenance of Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Incident Management projects. Laura is involved with all aspects of the Business Continuity Lifecycle (summarised in what we call the Tungsten Diamond), with clients ranging from the Health Sector, to manufacturing and aviation. She is passionate about driving innovation and problem solving through technology and onsite experience. These skills have been refined while working closely in an executive administration and support environment.Ella plays a critical role in training and exercise development and assisting the consultants in exercise delivery. She also runs operational and administrative tasks that help keep our Advisory board active and running smoothly for the Oceania region.
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45 to 60 minutes
45-minutes with your stakeholders or relevant program contacts is all we need. We will share how implementation works with us, provide an idea on how we'd run your program (or overcome your problems), then provide a valuable Q&A for both parties.
Within 1-week. 30-min call.
During our discovery call, we'll book our next meeting with you a week from now. This will give you time to review the scope and compile questions with us.
1 hour
If there are any changes, we can make these immediately after the call and reissue you a new version of your proposal (archiving the original).
1 week
After signing digitally via the online proposal, we'll have your engagement meeting booked in with a senior consultant or program manager within a week.
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Investment
- 60 minute engagement meeting with project sponsors.
- Provision of soft copy project schedule.
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- x20 BIA meetings.
- Provision of soft copy BIA documentation.
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- Business Continuity Plan Updates.
- Provisions of soft copy BCP documentation.
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- 3-hour training session for all BC response personnel.
- Half day component testing for IT department.
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