Alignment with the ISO/IEC 22300 family
The draft says it aligns with the other ISO/IEC 22300 family standards that apply to business continuity, seen from how the BCMS operates.
Basis: Stated in the public scope. The family standards are named, not stated. The draft text is not public. This page reads the public scope and the held ISO 22301:2019 clause set, and does not quote either as draft text.
01What applies
The public scope says one aim is to be aligned with the work done under the other standards of the ISO/IEC 22300 family applicable to business continuity, from the perspective of operating the BCMS. The family includes guidance on business impact analysis and on supply chain continuity, standards for incident management and for crisis management, and guidance on exercises. This site names the ones held in the estate: ISO/TS 22317:2021, ISO/TS 22318:2021, ISO 22320:2018, ISO 22361:2022 and ISO 22313:2020. Their content is not restated here beyond the interface each one touches.
02Why it matters
Most BCMS owners already use one or two family standards, often in different teams. The alignment aim matters because a process model is where those standards meet: the BIA process consumes 22317, the supplier process consumes 22318, the response process touches 22320 and 22361. Seeing them at the interfaces stops duplicate work and conflicting terminology.
03What good looks like
Map each adjacent standard to the process it supports and the team that owns it. Record where two standards use different words for the same thing and choose one for the BCMS. Put the interfaces on the process sheets.
04Evidence an auditor asks for
Ask which team owns the supply chain continuity guidance and whether the BCMS process knows. If the answer is nobody, the alignment is nominal.
| Evidence | The record |
|---|---|
| Interface map | Each family standard mapped to the process and team it supports |
| Terminology | A chosen term where two standards differ |
| Process sheets | Interfaces recorded on the relevant sheets |
05Where it commonly fails
- Family standards used in separate teams with no interface
- Two terms for the same thing, used interchangeably
- A family standard cited but not mapped to a process
06What to do before the estimate
List the family standards the organization actually uses. Map each to one process and one owner.