Business
Continuity Plan
Development Methodology
Overview
RECOVERY TEAMS lay the
foundation for your recovery.
They consist of separate
team plans. These team plans
should be formatted into
Stages, Sections and Tasks. A brief sample
of the plan contents are:
Immediate
response after a destructive
event Evacuation
of facility and notification
to emergency services Notification
sequence for team leaders and
backups Establishing
a temporary Business Recovery
Command Center Preliminary
and detailed damage assessment Recall
of vital records from off site
storage Handling
legal, financial and insurance
issues Dealing
with the news media to mitigate
misinformation Locating
interim facilities to restart
your business Recovery
of PC’s, LAN’s and Mid-range
systems Establishing
voice and data communication Addressing
human resource and accounts
payable/receivable issues Replacement
of equipment, furniture and
supplies Notification
to clients, customers, suppliers
and stock holders Restarting
your business Reconstruction
of the damaged or destroyed
facility
To these base plans you simply add YOUR
critical business specific information,
examples of which could be:
Team leader and backup names
and phone numbers Instructions
for recovering your LAN Diagram
of your voice and data network Emergency
agencies and phone numbers Names
and numbers of critical services
providers Procedures
for your business units Human
Resources Fixed
asset listing, or offsite storage
location Names
and numbers of your customers
and clients Financial
and legal information Suppliers
of equipment Business
processes used by your company Telco
carriers and computer equipment
suppliers Etc.
Advanced
Process Solutions choose to implement
this strategy
after a realization that the vast
majority of small to medium size businesses
and companies unfortunately do not
have a business or disaster recovery
plan. We heard many reasons why, but
the most common ones were: complex,
time consuming and expensive. Others
said that the process had to utilize
a database product which often required
outside training and support. A few
mentioned a business recovery plan
didn’t include systems and data networks,
therefore it was not a total solution.
Finally, the ability to provide justification
couldn't be made.
We feel the methods provided through Advances Process Solutions,
Inc. address and remove any barrier
which will prevent a business from
having a recovery plan. The solution
had to be a planner design which was:
uncomplicated, easy to use, task orientated
and affordable for every business.
To reach that objective, the solutions
were:
Removed complexity by providing a comprehensive introduction that walks
you through and explains the
process.
Reduced time consuming preparation by providing eight recovery team plans,
with extensive verbiage, which
reduces your development time
from months to weeks, or possibly
days.
Make it affordable for all.
Eliminated database software by using Microsoft Word, familiar to most.
Made outside training and support a non-issue by using Microsoft Word on
this user friendly planner
Added system and data network recovery team plans, for these mission critical
areas of your business, to provide
you with a total solution
Provided justification with eleven reasons, and supporting references
