Kuali Ready
Kuali Ready Overview and Updates
Jen Dalby Product Manager
What is continuity planning? Continuity planning is a process that helps your organization: ■
Identify the essential business functions that support your mission
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Assess the potential impact of disruption to those functions
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Develop strategies to continue or quickly resume those functions when faced with adverse events Evaluate the effectiveness of plans during simulated and actual events
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Strategic Plan Mission Driven Goals
Continuity Plans Time Driven Response
•Fire •Earthquake •Health epidemic
Continue or quickly resume essential functions when faced with adverse events.
Emergency Response Event Driven Response
•Data breach •Network failure •Virus
Disaster Recovery Technology Driven Response
Continuity planning strengthens integrated strategic planning.
Who’s responsible for Continuity Planning? Everyone is responsible. Continuity planning is championed by leaders who promote a culture of preparedness and support integrated planning that focuses on the institutional mission. Kuali Ready helps you build departmental continuity plans that improve organizational resilience by educating and preparing every academic and business unit.
What’s different about continuity planning in higher education? Higher ed plans include content specific to teaching, research, student services, and other functions unique to colleges and universities. Kuali Ready was originally developed at UC Berkeley by experts who realized planning tools designed for typical commercial entities didn’t meet the needs of higher ed. More than 100 institutions have used Kuali Ready to build and maintain their continuity plans.
What is Kuali Ready? Kuali Ready is a simple online continuity planning tool that helps colleges and universities: ■ ■ ■ ■
Improve organizational resilience with departmental continuity plans Monitor plan status and retrieve plans from any internet-connected device Reduce administrative overhead associated with manual planning processes Avoid complex customization required by applications designed for traditional businesses
Kuali Ready supports industry best practices and standards. ■ Campus Security Enhancement Acts ■ State and regional Continuity of Operations mandates ■ U.S. Department of Education Sector Specific Plan ■ Disaster Mitigation Act & Stafford Act ■ Federal Continuity Directive 1 & 2 ■ FEMA Continuity Guidance Circular on Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities ■ Homeland Security Presidential Directives ■ National Incident Management System ■ National Fire Protection Association 1600 ■ International Organization for Standardization (22301,27001/2)
How can we prepare for any adverse event? Kuali Ready uses an All Hazards approach that prompts you to consider the potential impact of events such as labor strikes, natural disasters, power or technology failures, and health epidemics. The questionnaire format encourages you to add action items you can track and complete to become even more prepared.
How does Kuali Ready simplify continuity planning? Kuali Ready prioritizes the user experience with thoughtful features like: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Inline editing Drag-and-drop Intuitive icons and buttons Web and mobile browser views for plans and reports Simple navigation Editable Help screens Batch download plan PDFs Copy plans
Simple setup
Simple administration
Simple guidance
Simple editing
Simple reviewing
Simple reporting
Updates u Launched new app completely built from scratch u Launched help portal at http://ready-help.kuali.co u All new subscribers in 2015 are on new app u About 30 institutions evaluating Ready u New institutions added in 2015: • Boise State • University of Tennessee • Case Western Reserve • Cal State Long Beach • Texas A&M Corpus Christi • George Mason • The College of New Jersey
What’s next? u Migrate all subscribers to new application u Upgrade reporting functionality with new analytics tool u Incorporate new design principles u Improve features like Dependencies, Action Items, Plan Status and Activity Logging u Work with SMEs to create more professional development resources
How can we get Ready? It’s easy to get started with Kuali Ready. Visit kuali.co/ready to request a free trial account or formal quote. Most subscribers use trial accounts to begin building plans even before their institution completes the purchasing paperwork. The annual subscription is $11,000 and there are no additional fees to get started.
Readiness Roadmap SECURE EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP ALIGN WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING RECRUIT AND TRAIN CHAMPIONS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS CREATE CONTINUITY PLANS COMPLETE ACTION ITEMS REVIEW, REVISE, REPEAT
Jen Dalby Product Manager
What is continuity planning? Continuity planning is a process that helps your organization: ■
Identify the essential business functions that support your mission
■
Assess the potential impact of disruption to those functions
■
Develop strategies to continue or quickly resume those functions when faced with adverse events Evaluate the effectiveness of plans during simulated and actual events
■
Strategic Plan Mission Driven Goals
Continuity Plans Time Driven Response
•Fire •Earthquake •Health epidemic
Continue or quickly resume essential functions when faced with adverse events.
Emergency Response Event Driven Response
•Data breach •Network failure •Virus
Disaster Recovery Technology Driven Response
Continuity planning strengthens integrated strategic planning.
Who’s responsible for Continuity Planning? Everyone is responsible. Continuity planning is championed by leaders who promote a culture of preparedness and support integrated planning that focuses on the institutional mission. Kuali Ready helps you build departmental continuity plans that improve organizational resilience by educating and preparing every academic and business unit.
What’s different about continuity planning in higher education? Higher ed plans include content specific to teaching, research, student services, and other functions unique to colleges and universities. Kuali Ready was originally developed at UC Berkeley by experts who realized planning tools designed for typical commercial entities didn’t meet the needs of higher ed. More than 100 institutions have used Kuali Ready to build and maintain their continuity plans.
What is Kuali Ready? Kuali Ready is a simple online continuity planning tool that helps colleges and universities: ■ ■ ■ ■
Improve organizational resilience with departmental continuity plans Monitor plan status and retrieve plans from any internet-connected device Reduce administrative overhead associated with manual planning processes Avoid complex customization required by applications designed for traditional businesses
Kuali Ready supports industry best practices and standards. ■ Campus Security Enhancement Acts ■ State and regional Continuity of Operations mandates ■ U.S. Department of Education Sector Specific Plan ■ Disaster Mitigation Act & Stafford Act ■ Federal Continuity Directive 1 & 2 ■ FEMA Continuity Guidance Circular on Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities ■ Homeland Security Presidential Directives ■ National Incident Management System ■ National Fire Protection Association 1600 ■ International Organization for Standardization (22301,27001/2)
How can we prepare for any adverse event? Kuali Ready uses an All Hazards approach that prompts you to consider the potential impact of events such as labor strikes, natural disasters, power or technology failures, and health epidemics. The questionnaire format encourages you to add action items you can track and complete to become even more prepared.
How does Kuali Ready simplify continuity planning? Kuali Ready prioritizes the user experience with thoughtful features like: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Inline editing Drag-and-drop Intuitive icons and buttons Web and mobile browser views for plans and reports Simple navigation Editable Help screens Batch download plan PDFs Copy plans
Simple setup
Simple administration
Simple guidance
Simple editing
Simple reviewing
Simple reporting
Updates u Launched new app completely built from scratch u Launched help portal at http://ready-help.kuali.co u All new subscribers in 2015 are on new app u About 30 institutions evaluating Ready u New institutions added in 2015: • Boise State • University of Tennessee • Case Western Reserve • Cal State Long Beach • Texas A&M Corpus Christi • George Mason • The College of New Jersey
What’s next? u Migrate all subscribers to new application u Upgrade reporting functionality with new analytics tool u Incorporate new design principles u Improve features like Dependencies, Action Items, Plan Status and Activity Logging u Work with SMEs to create more professional development resources
How can we get Ready? It’s easy to get started with Kuali Ready. Visit kuali.co/ready to request a free trial account or formal quote. Most subscribers use trial accounts to begin building plans even before their institution completes the purchasing paperwork. The annual subscription is $11,000 and there are no additional fees to get started.
Readiness Roadmap SECURE EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP ALIGN WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING RECRUIT AND TRAIN CHAMPIONS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS CREATE CONTINUITY PLANS COMPLETE ACTION ITEMS REVIEW, REVISE, REPEAT
