Business Countinuity Plans
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Planning makes a substantial difference to the possibility of surviving an incident.
Indeed any organisation, which undertakes a logical, structured view of the threat facing it and then works out how to respond to them has already reduced the impact if disaster strikes.
If the organisation also trains and exercises its people in implementing these plans it has an excellent chance of surviving the disaster.
It is recommended that a business continuity plan should include:
- staff contact details
- emergency contact details
- customer and supplier details
- instructions to staff on the actions to take in the event of an incident.
Copies of plans should be kept on and off-site as well as an electronic copy in case a fire or Police cordon prevents you from accessing your building.
Some larger organisations provide staff with wallet cards containing instructions, which the staff are expected to carry at all times.
The plan should be exercised / practised regularly so that everyone is familiar with their roles and to test the recovery procedures.
The BCI says for smaller businesses ‘Recovery planning for a total catastrophic event – the so called, worst case scenario – is not the best way to go about it.
It makes more sense to plan for contingencies that have a higher probability of occurrence and over which you have greater control.
The task is to identify risks and eliminate those risks where it is reasonable to do so.’
Last updated : 12/05/2009
