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title: Business Continuity Management implementation
description: Use the steps in the Business Continuity Management application checklist to download the Business Continuity Management from the ServiceNow Store, and get it ready for operation.
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topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Configure, Business Continuity Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Business Continuity Management implementation

Use the steps in the Business Continuity Management application checklist to download the Business Continuity Management from the ServiceNow Store, and get it ready for operation.

The flow of implementation steps in the checklist are illustrated here.

\[Omitted image "BCMImplementationFlowchart.jpg"\] Alt text: Graphical representation of the BCM implementation checklist

## Information on the checklist

For information on the steps that are mentioned in the **Graphical flowchart of BCM implementation checklist**, see the following sections:

-   To install Business Continuity Management from ServiceNow Store, see [Install Business Continuity Management from ServiceNow Store](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/install-business-continuity-management.md).
-   To learn about BCM roles, see [Components installed with Business Continuity Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/installed-with-bcm.md).
-   To learn about the administration setup listed in the flowchart, see [General administration setup for BCM](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/set-up-bcm-bcmadmin-tasks.md). Refer to this section for information on the following tasks:
    -   To define the primary elements to recover in a business crisis, see [Configure element definition](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-element-definition-bia-uib-ws.md).
    -   To define the category of impact on your business in the event of a crisis, see [Configure impact category for BIA](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-impact-category-uib-ws.md).
    -   To configure an impact rating to assess an impact category, see [Configure impact ratings](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-impact-rating-uib-ws.md).
    -   To define a recovery tier based on the recovery time objective to assess the impact, see [Configure recovery tiers for BIA](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-recovery-tier-bia-uib-ws.md).
    -   To set up a recovery timeframe for the recovery tier, see [Set up recovery timeframes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-recovery-timeframe-bia-uib-ws.md).
    -   To draft the documentation sections for a business continuity plan, see [Configure documentation section](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-doc-section-for-bcp.md).
    -   To create a loss scenario, see [Configure loss scenarios in the plan](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-plan-loss-scenario-uib-ws.md).
-   To configure a BIA template for the impact categories, see [Configure BIA templates with legacy assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/configure-bia-template-uib-ws.md).

    **Note:** When you create a business impact analysis in BCM UIB Workspace, you can assign a BCM lead to the analysis in the BIA form itself.

-   To configure a plan template for a loss scenario, see [Configuring plan template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/bcp-admin-plan-templates.md).

    **Note:** When you create a business continuity plan in BCM UIB Workspace, you can assign a BCM lead to the plan in the BCP form itself.