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Dependency mapping
In French : Cartographie des dépendances
A representation of the resources — people, processes, technology, facilities, information, third parties — required to deliver a service, and of their relationships.
Source : BCBS 516, principe 4
Related terms
Single point of failure
An element whose failure alone is enough to interrupt an entire service. Dependency maps exist first and foremost to expose them.
Business impact analysis
The process of analysing the consequences of disruption on activities over time, in order to prioritise them and derive quantified recovery requirements.