Essential Functions (EF) Identifier | MavONE™ | Maverick Labs
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What can't you stop doing?

Every organization has a handful of things it can't stop. If one of them halts for more than about 12 hours, you face real harm: money, legal trouble, safety or your mission. We call these your Essential Functions.

Not everything is essentialHiring, marketing and routine billing can usually wait.
Technology keeps them runningEmail, internet, sign-ins and backups. We'll ask a few plain questions.
Focus protects your budgetKnowing them tells you where your first security and IT dollar should go.
You'll name up to 3 Essential Functions and answer 5 yes/no questions about each. About 8 to 12 minutes (our estimate; not yet timed with an owner). Plain language only.
Step 1 of 5

About you

Step 2 of 5

What does your organization do every week?

List what you deliver, not the tools. Write it the way you'd tell a friend. Add as many as you like; we'll narrow it next.

Need ideas? Ask yourself:
• What do customers or clients pay us for, or count on us for?
• What must happen on time: payroll, rent, deliveries, appointments?
• What would get us in legal or safety trouble if it stopped?
• What would make the phones ring with angry people by noon?
Examples: "Taking customer orders", "Paying staff", "Seeing patients", "Answering the help line", "Getting meals to clients".
Step 3 of 5

Which of these truly can't stop? Pick your top 3.

The 12-hour test: If this stopped, would you face serious harm within about 12 hours? And would you have to keep it going for weeks in a crisis? If you could pause it or run it on paper for a few days, it can probably wait.

Start with your top 3. You can review the rest with us later.

Step 4 of 5

What keeps each one running?

Five quick questions for each. "Not sure" is a fine answer. It tells us where to look.

Step 5 of 5

Review and send

Submit sends your report to our team.

Who sees your answers: Robert J Bagnall and our team at Maverick Labs, and no one else. We collect your contact details and these answers only to prepare your report and follow up with you. We don't sell your data. Privacy policy.

✓ Sent

Thank you. Your report is on its way to our team.

Step three: how well are they protected?

You now know what your organization can't stop doing. Next, see how well it's protected.

Take the Self Assessment →

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Maverick Labs • MavONE™ Essential Functions Identifier • Built on federal continuity guidance (FEMA Federal Continuity Directive 1 and NIST Special Publication 800-34). For guidance only; not a substitute for a full continuity program.
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