r operation. CHAPTER 5 NETWORK ROADMAP EVOLUTION Leadership is entrusted with the ownership for the success of the BCMS and also the role of sponsor for the convey the necessary importance of the BCMS to the teams. Hence, leadership will need to ensure: Necessary resources are available for the BCMS. The importance of BCMS is understood by the teams. Continual support is provided to help implement, execute, monitor, and improve the BCMS. The right people are assigned clearly communicated roles and responsibilities for the BCMS. Planning is the most critical part of the BCMS, and it should ensure the following: The plan is clear and takes into account maps to the acceptable levels of service expected from the network and product. The plan should provide for measurability of the functioning of the BCMS. The plan should ensure that there are opportunities provided to review and update it as needed. Support includes the necessary parts needed to complete the planning in terms of: Synchronizing the plan with all relevant stakeholders, internal and external Documenting the plan correctly and making proper communication regarding the plan at correct points of time Provision and enablement of required resources to implement the plan Operation is the phase when the plan is put into action after considering the following inputs: Business impact analysis when critical processes and services and their interdependencies are identified to support appropriate levels of service. Risk assessment of the various events and their impacts on business should be assessed and the risks ranked to ensure systematic processing of risks. Only those risks with enough disruptive potential as determined by the policy should be handled as part of the plan. The actual strategy that will be used to handle business continuity challenges should be established. Procedures that need to be followed as part of implementation of the BCMS should be documented, including exact conditions of the disruptive event being handled, the communication protocol th