academic continuity made easy

ready

• Launched on April 1, 2010

• 51 campuses currently subscribing (Dec 2010)

• A continuity planning tool

• Specific to higher education

• Hosted & supported by UC Berkeley under contract to the Kuali Foundation

• Annual subscription $4K to $11K

Kuali Ready –

• 2006 – Restarting Berkeley

• 2007 – The Berkeley Continuity Planning Tool

• 2009 – UC Ready

• 2010 – Kuali Ready

Version history –

Business Resumption Planning

Evolution of Terminology –

2001

Business Continuity Planning 2005

Continuity PlanningMission Continuity Planning

Event Readiness2010

We want to be able to do tomorrow

what we were doing yesterday

(no matter what happens today).

The modest goal of continuity planning:

Emergency Management:

Continuity Management:

Goal – secure life, health & property

Goal – continue operating

source: SXC.hu / Michael Cossey

source: Sarvodaya.org

More formal definition –

Putting in place NOW the things that will enable us to

• continue serving our constituents, and • maintain our viability

following a catastrophic event (of any size or type).

Continuity Planning is:

• Major fire destroyed film vault, lost most of 80-year collection

• But they were READY: an entire set of duplicates was stored elsewhere

source: www.guardian.co.uk

source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Universal StudiosLos Angeles, June 2008

Our approach is ALL-HAZARDS PLANNING:

How do we do it on the campus?

Answer: BY DEPARTMENT

Identify critical functions For each, think about

• people• space & equipment• information• communication

Identify action items

• Decentralization (esp. large universities)

• This is operational-level planning, and departments are the operating units.

• This is “nuts & bolts stuff” – only the departments have the knowledge.

Why do we do this planning by department?

Answer: an easy-to-use, do-it-yourself TOOL.

How can we engage so many departments?

Typical screen –

What does a continuity plan contain?

1. Critical functions of the dept.

2. Plan B for each

3. Information that will be needed

4. Action items

RECAP: Disaster events come in all shapes & sizes

Readiness is the key (“an ounce of readiness produces a pound of recovery”)

Examining our critical functions will suggest action items to increase our readiness

Many of these action items are low-cost and do-able.

• No continuity planning experience needed• No training needed• Built-in explanations• Clear straightforward language• Intuitive navigation• Flexible enough to suit any org structure• Contains module on Instructional Continuity• Produces departmental continuity plan document (Adobe Acrobat) • Extensively customizable to fit each institution

Kuali Ready –

• Name of tool• Graphics • Content

https://us.ready-staging.kuali.org/demo

(the real thing, public access)

http://kuali.org/ready

Kuali Ready Demonstration Version –

More Information –

Questions – ready.info@kuali.org