Auditing

One of the best ways to ensure that your business continuity program is addressing your business needs is to conduct an audit. This book provides excellent insights and guidance on the issues associated with auditing business continuity. It helps you through the audit process so you can ensure that your plans are properly organized. Why wait until you are formally audited?

The book addresses BCM from an auditor's point of view. However, it is quite useful for any BCM practitioner as a "self-test" or "self-assessment" tool: if you are planning, implementing or testing a BCM, if you've been assigned a BCM-related position within the firm, or if you are a BCM consultant, you will find useful hints for practical use.
I have structured the book in two major parts. The first part gives detailed descriptions on how to conduct a BCM audit (or self assessment), with details about the different types of audit you may be tasked to do - compliance, feasibility study, due diligence, forensic etc. The second part contains a full-scale audit program incorporating the ten BCI work areas. If you go through this program step-by-step, you'll automatically cover the full spectrum of the BCI business continuity "universe".
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions - happy to share opinions about audit methodology, planning, execution and reporting, as well as any other specificially BCM-related points.