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title: Defining Service Continuity Project
slug: itsm-en/defining-service-continuity-project
description: Learn how to navigate the Continuity Registration process and ensure that all prerequisites are met before linking a project to a continuity. From setting the policy to registering vital functions, this document provides a step-by-step guide to ensure smo
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createdAt: 2021-10-27T20:12:22.000Z
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**Continuity Registration** is a process that passes through several phases. The first phase of this process, called Initiation, is where it is set the policy, scope, and IT service continuity project.
This functionality allows **setting the policy**.
## Before getting started
- [x] It assumes the existence of a defined service in a Portfolio and Catalog
Management process;
- [x] It is necessary to first have registered the Continuity Registration;
- [x] It is necessary to have registered the threat and threat categories, both linked to
each other;
- [x] It is also necessary to register the risk and risk category;
- [x] It is equally essential to have registered the automatic actions of the incident,
request and procedure about the Event Management.
## Procedure
1. Access the functionality through the main menu `Processes > Continuity
Management > Continuity`;
2. Find the continuity you want to link the project and click on "**Advance**";
3. In "**Initiation**", click on "**Project**"*;*
4. Click on "**Link Project**" to relate a project already existed in the
continuity;
5. To register a project from this screen, click on "**Create New Project**" and
complete the fields necessary;
6. Click on "**Save**".
## What to do next
After setting the service continuity project, it is necessary to execute the
following action: register the service continuity vital functions, being this
action, part of the second phase of the complete registration of the continuity,
called Requirements and Strategy.