Top 5 Reasons People Love BIA On-Demand

Theron Long, BCMMETRICS^TM operations leader, supports our clients’ use of BCMMETRICS^TMand innovates to continuously improve the customers’ experience and the software’s capabilities.

BIA On-Demand is the most popular tool in the BCMMETRICS^TM suite, and no wonder.

BIA On-Demand provides everything you need to conduct a world-class business impact analysis, and the BIA is the foundation of a sound business continuity program.

BIA On-Demand lets you swiftly identify your organization’s most critically time-sensitive business processes and applications, telling you which processes you need to protect in order to minimize your vulnerability to disruptions.

Like all the tools in the BCMMETRICS^TM suite, BIA On-Demand is a clean, functional piece of software designed to provide all the features you need and nothing you don’t.

Why do our customers value BIA On-Demand? We haven’t conducted a poll, but these are the aspects they praise most frequently in our customer-support interactions:

1. BIA On-Demand guides you through the BIA process step-by-step. The tool has three key tabs—Administration, Assess, and Reporting—and by working through them in order, you’ll find yourself guided through the BIA process in an efficient, logical manner that minimizes confusion and eliminates wasted time.
2. You can configure BIA On-Demand to match the priorities and details of your organization. Every organization and industry are different, and when it comes to BIAs, those differences matter a lot. Our customers love the fact that they can easily configure the tool to match their company’s specific organizational characteristics, needs, and priorities to ensure the results of the BIA matches their mission as a company. 
3. BIA On-Demand’s prework function streamlines the process of gathering participant data, saving time and effort. When it comes to conducting BIAs, good data is gold. Unfortunately, obtaining quality data can sometimes be as hard as mining for gold. The prework function makes it easy for the BIA facilitator to request data from departmental subject matter experts and easy for the SMEs to provide and submit their responses (there’s no need for them to sign into the tool; they can just click on a link to open the customized form).
4. BIA On-Demand automates the calculation and reporting of the relative criticality of your processes and systems.  You no longer have to guess the recovery timeframes of your critical processes and systems; the tool automates the calculation of RTOs.
5. BIA On-Demand’s comprehensive reporting provides insightful data and information. Each report organizes and provides the data and information needed to begin analyzing and identifying potential gaps in each department. A good business continuity team can then use the reports and the data in them to lay a solid foundation and begin building the program from the ground up.

These are the top five reasons our customers love BIA On-Demand. But they only scratch the surface of how the star player of the BCMMETRICS^TM tool suite can assist your organization in carrying out this fundamental aspect of your business continuity program.

To learn more about BIA On-Demand—or any of the tools that make up the BCMMETRICS^TM platform— reach out to me to schedule a demonstration or ask your questions.