UWEM BARC Posts
May 2, 2018
Business Continuity Program Update: First quarter of 2018!
In January we presented the first set of data on the Business, Academic and research continuity program. The initial numbers were not great–Only 21% of departments had started plans, the plans were largely out of date, and only one was complete. While you will see growth over the quarter, we are still in the “push…
April 26, 2018
BARC Planning gets easier while attracting special attention
The Business, Academic, and Research Continuity (BARC) program at the University of Washington is not new. Some of the tools available to help UW departments complete this (sometimes overwhelming) task are! Megan Levy of Emergency Management continues to create a monthly task for departments and schools working to complete their BARC plan – often referred…
April 16, 2018
UW Senior Leadership Test Recovery Plans
On April 5, the senior leadership of UW Finance and Administration departments gathered at the Facilities Training Center to discuss how to restore operations on campus that had been interrupted two-weeks prior by a severe earthquake. At least, that was the scenario of the surprise tabletop exercise hosted by the office of the Executive…
March 8, 2018
Build your Husky Ready Plan in a Year: Month 3
This post is part of a 2018 series breaking the process of business continuity planning for University of Washington departments into monthly tasks to help build a plan in a year. This month we start the process of identifying your unit’s critical functions. This has been split into a three month process because it makes…
February 21, 2018
How are we doing: January 2018 BARC Report
After a year of hurricanes, flooding, and earthquakes that elevated the awareness and concern about natural disasters and returning to business in the minds of the UW community, people have asked us “how are we doing?” We had a sense that there was a lot of room for improvement, but we didn’t have the hard…
February 7, 2018
Build your Husky Ready Plan in a Year: Month 2
This post is part of a 2018 series breaking the process of business continuity planning for University of Washington departments into monthly tasks to help build a plan in a year. Last month we compiled the key information on your staff, including skills, roles and emergency contact information. The work you do cannot be done without…
January 8, 2018
BARC Month 1: Collect key information about your organization
You know your organization. You know your work. The first step in business continuity planning is taking what you know, and getting it recorded in case you are not around when the plan is activated. For this section we will capture the mission of your organization, base details (the who, what, when, where, why and…
One Year to Husky Ready
When I started in my role as Business, Academic, and Research Continuity (BARC) Program Manager in September, I immediately familiarized myself with our Husky Ready tool, and began the process of sitting down with department stakeholders across the enterprise to find out what they thought of the tool and continuity planning overall. What I heard time and again:…
November 28, 2017
Meet Megan: UWEM’s New BARC Program Manager
We are excited to welcome UW Emergency Management’s newest staff member, Megan Levy. Megan joined our team at the end of September to manage our Business, Academic and Research Continuity (BARC) program. Megan joins us after time at Microsoft and the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region. She is a Washington alum, having received her master’s in…
September 6, 2017
IT tools to help you prepare for a disaster
The UW’s Information Technology Department (UW-IT) has prepared a number of tools, services and products to assist students, faculty and staff (including researchers) in preparing for disasters. Specifically, they can provide technical guidance, assistance and access to tools to allow you to continue to communicate and work remotely in case of disaster. Click HERE for…
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