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Creating a Business Continuity Plan is a four step process.

First, the business must decide that it wants and needs a BCP, and will use it as a guide in its response to its contingent difficulties.


  • A BCP is not something that an enterprise must have because it is the in thing to have.


  • It is a serious document and a plan for responding to all hazards that threaten the economic well being of the business.


  • The commitment must include a commitment to training the staff, exercising the plan, and reviewing the results that may require a change in the plan.

  • Otherwise, you will simply be wasting your money



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Second, the enterprise is guided through a Risk Analysis. This is done in three parts:

  • Risk Assessment, deciding what risks the business is vulnerable to;


  • Business Impact Analysis, quantifying and rating the risks;


  • Determining Recovery Stategies for those risks rated high in the Business Impact Analysis.


Next is the actual writing and testing of the plan.

  • There may be several drafts of the plan written, with several different parts of each.

  • After testing in Tabletop Exercises, drills, Functional Exercises, and, if possible, Full Scale Exercises

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  • The plan can be changed and


Finally, the BCP is adopted by the Directors or Principals, and integrated into the Business Plan and budget for continuous training, exercising and review.



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