An information gathering exercise designed to methodically identify: 1. The processes or functions performed by an organization 2. The resources required to support each process performed 3. Interdependencies between processes (and/or departments) 4. The impact(s) of NOT performing a process 5. The criticality of each process 6. A Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for each process 7. A Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for the data that supports each process