The minimum business continuity objective (MBCO) defines the minimum level of output a business process must deliver in emergency operation after a disruption.
After a disruption, a process rarely returns to full capacity right away. The MBCO therefore answers the question: how much has to keep working in emergency operation so the damage stays manageable?
That can be a reduced production volume, limited availability or a manual fallback process. What matters is that the level is set deliberately: an MBCO that is too high makes continuity plans expensive and unrealistic, one that is too low downplays the consequences. For some processes even a complete pause is acceptable, and that too is a valid decision worth documenting.
ISO 22301 anchors the MBCO as a fixed part of the business impact analysis (BIA). Together with RTO, RPO and MTPD it forms the target frame against which recovery plans and continuity exercises are measured.
In Kopexa you set the MBCO per process in the BIA wizard. That way the required emergency service level sits in writing right next to the time objectives, and auditors immediately see that the decision was made deliberately.