Scope
A BIA should cover the products, services, activities and organizational units relevant to the continuity program.
Impacts
Financial, contractual, operational, customer, legal, safety, reputation and other impacts can be considered without reducing them all to one score.
Dependencies
People, facilities, applications, data, suppliers, equipment and information should be linked to the activity that needs them.
Outputs
Useful outputs include prioritized activities, time-based recovery needs, resource requirements and assumptions that can be validated later.
Business continuity is organization-specific. Recovery priorities, legal duties, safety requirements, contracts, insurance terms and technical recovery methods should be validated by the responsible people in the organization.