Most Business Continuity Management (BCM) programmes don’t fail from lack of effort. They fail because the tools weren’t built for the job. This guide covers the 7 most common gaps, the BIA → BCP → Test & Improve lifecycle, and what audit-ready looks like in practice. Fragmented repositories. Manual approvals. No audit trail when it matters. The answer is a single, governed system where policy, SOPs, workflows, and audit history live together and stay current. Gieom’s BCM software replaces the chaos with one controlled environment. Policy governance, SOP visualisation, audit tracking, and AI-powered knowledge access all connected, all evidenced, always ready for review.