One highly effective tool used to help Western Militaries understand and improve their decision making in response to fast moving events is the concept of the OODA loop. Each of the four phases (observe, orient, decide and act) is taken in isolation, improved in terms of both accuracy and time taken, and then recombined and run repeatedly as a cycle at pace to gain and retain the initiative. 

In Business Continuity Planning (BCP) there are events rather than enemies but the same approach leads to better (and faster) decision making. Here we outline some of the factors and considerations that apply in a BCP situation under the phases of the OODA loop that can help frame your thinking, particularly at the current time.