Consolidated Capability Assessment (Health Check) Framework

An integrated synthesis of quality, risk, environmental, businesses continuity, and universal frameworks tailored to meet needs.

Heat-map (example)


1. Context, Scope, Stakeholders & Strategy

Capability criterion
The organisation understands its context, stakeholders, and disruption factors, and uses this to define scope, strategy, and objectives for quality, environment, risk, and continuity.


2. Leadership, Governance, Culture & Accountability

Capability criterion
Leadership sets direction, policy, and appetite, and governance structures provide oversight and accountability for quality, environment, risk, resilience, and continuity.


3. Integrated Risk & Opportunity Management

Capability criterion
Risks, opportunities, impacts, and continuity requirements are systematically identified, analysed, evaluated, and kept current across domains.


4. Framework, Design & Integration into Operations

Capability criterion
The organisation maintains an integrated management framework tailored to context and embedded in business processes.


5. Planning, Objectives, Strategies & Change

Capability criterion
Objectives, plans, and continuity strategies are risk-based, aligned with policy and appetite, and material changes are controlled.


6. People, Capability, Culture, Communication & Awareness

Capability criterion
People have the competence, information, and culture to deliver integrated Q/E/R/BCM responsibilities.


7. Customers, Markets, Stakeholders & Supply Chain

Capability criterion
The organisation manages customer, market, stakeholder requirements, and supply-chain dependencies, including quality, environmental, risk, and continuity expectations.


8. Operational Control, Design, BCM Plans & Emergency Response

Capability criterion
Operations, products/services, and critical activities are controlled through processes, BCM plans, and emergency arrangements.


9. Information, Data, Documentation & Digital

Capability criterion
Information, documented content, and digital tools supporting Q/E/R/BCM are controlled, reliable, and used for insight and decisions.


10. Performance Measurement, Monitoring, Exercising & Review

Capability criterion
Performance, exposure, and capability across Q/E/R/BCM are monitored, tested, and reviewed for insight and assurance.


11. Learning, Improvement, Innovation & Resilience Evolution

Capability criterion
The organisation learns from experience and systematically improves and innovates its integrated management and resilience capability.


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Author: John Salter & Associates Consulting Services

John Salter - specialising in the facilitation of risk-based capability reviews; needs-based training; business continuity planning; crisis management exercises; and organisational debriefing. Recognised for “preventing disasters, or where that is not possible, reducing the potential for harm” Ref: Barrister H Selby, Inquest Handbook, 1998. Distracted by golf, camping, fishing, reading, red wine, movies and theatre.

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