Prepare for the CAF for local government
Guidance on how to decide the scope of your CAF for local government self-assessment and who needs to be involved.
Prepare to start the CAF
Introduce the CAF to your senior leadership and management team
The CAF requires organisation-wide collaboration, so advocacy at senior leadership level is vital.
Setting your scope
Set your scope
Before you start your self-assessment, discuss and agree on the scope of your assessment with your whole team.
Identify your essential services
How to define your organisational context and identify your council’s essential services.
Identify your critical systems
How to identify potential critical systems for your self-assessment.
Prioritise your critical systems
How to prioritise the critical systems you have identified.
Use the five lens approach
A method your council can follow to identify your critical systems.
Complete a business impact assessment
This exercise can help you identify and prioritise critical systems.
