Disaster Recovery Journal Winter 2025

One might wonder if because four different personas were involved in the research, then a few points of view might be skewing the overall result? That turned out to not be the case with the various respondents each averaging within 3% of the overall results, with business continuity leaders being only slightly more optimistic than the other personas. A wider range of responses was observed between those with higher ranking titles (e.g. vice president) versus those with mid-tier responsibilities (e.g. manager or director). This suggests those individuals closer to the implementation/plan specifics or the testing results (i.e., more informed on the details), have a starker view of reality versus the optimism of those higher up in leadership. HOMEWORK: 1. Ask your teams to estimate “What percentage of our business processes are resilient?” for the table. To get a full grasp, consider the unique areas of resilience within your organization and ask two individuals per area, ideally with at least one intermediate layer in between them to create a gap between the “executive” and “implementer” points of view. PRO TIP: Don’t show the results to anyone until you have all eight estimates.

Your Organization Is Not as Resilient as You Believe By JASON BUFFINGTON E DITOR’S NOTE: This is first of three articles covering the confidence resilience leaders have toward their organizations’ ability to persist through a disruptive event and the likely reasons why they feel that way. ttt to be adherent to their organization’s resilience goals, then two out of five business processes will not bounce back on your worst day.

According to your BC/DR professionals, 2/5 of your business processes are not resilient One of the most revealing statistics came when survey respondents were asked, “What percentage of your organization’s key business processes do you believe to actually be resilient in alignment with your resilience goals?” Figure 1 reveals a fairly consistent distribution from worst to best cases, with the average response being 59%. Unfortunately, if roughly three out of five business processes are believed

Figure 1 – BC/DR professionals believe only 59% (3/5) of their organization’s key business processes are actually resilient.

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