What is business continuity and its scope? Please indicate the operational areas that are to be covered under business continuity planning.

All operations within a company are included in the Plan, however you have to identify which operation is more important to the company business and which has to resume back after an incident, this can be done through risk assessment and the business impact analysis, then you can rank for example IT is more important to resume after an incident in a company than HR. Also time and data are critical, for example, after the incident, when business must resume its operations? and what data should be retreived?

The scope of BCP is your organization business functions and supporting functions. The first step is to build a BCP policy which set organization direction how to respond if any business function / services get effected. All BCP / DR plans comply and build on the basis of this policy.

I agree with the answer given by Omar Saad Ibrahem. I would like to add all the core operational areas under BCM management. However, non core areas such as support services need not be down played with as well.

Thanks for invitation ,

 BCM  is:  a management process that identifies risks, threats and vulnerabilities, that could impact an entity's continued operations and provides a framework for building organizational resilience and the capability for an effective response

In general this management process implementing mostly on NGO's and less in GO's , any ways this process implementing on projects that we need to increase their efficiency when it become inactive or have delayed achievements.

Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Plans, measures, and arrangements for business continuity

BCP Governance

Readiness procedures

Quality assurance techniques (exercises, maintenance and auditing)