Business Continuity Plan

Every business, from well-established organizations such as Microsoft to the small home based business that operates out of a basement is bound to experience operational setbacks from time to time. These setbacks can be both positive and negative interruptions of normal business flow. For example, an organization might experience a demand for a product at a rate not originally anticipated, generating more revenue than expected, but leaving the organization struggling to avoid back order. Organizations might find themselves victims of theft, or sabotage, and of course no organization is impervious to the consequences of operating in the natural world. Fires, floods, storms, power outages, and other variables beyond the control of the organization have the ability to bring an entire company to a halt.

We have come to a time where it is imperative to reset our courses associated with the safety of the employees, the safety of the brand and the longevity of the company alongside their competitive edge. As senior manager, consideration should not be limited to solely short-run solutions. It is primary for the company’s decision makers of all tiers manage the negative and positive potential of any crisis as time can carry the possibilities of unknown limits. Accommodations must be made for the entire community (Senior Management, Ergonomists, Labor Leaders, Politicians of the city, Service Staff, Human Resources and Line Management) under the company’s payroll that has been affected by this natural disaster using our revised Crisis Management Portfolio.

Robert Trinh Program/Analyst Analyzes requirements and develops computer programs. Network Administrator John Lefever & Bill Mosterd

An event that has the ability to affect multiple areas, covering many jurisdictions and creating a complete shutdown of services require outside attention and assistance. The local resources tend to be overwhelmed during these situations (Caruson, MacManus, September 2008). Not only with recovery operations in their areas of responsibilities, but with their own personal recovery

During a disaster or emergency, the company must maintain normal operations required to address time-sensitive, disaster-specific issues. No plan can anticipate addressing all the human, operational and regulatory issues raised during a disaster or emergency.

This means that this system can be used for a variety of incidents, hazards, and impacts, despite its size or location. There are five major components that need to be understood about this system: Command and Management, Preparedness, Resource Management, Communications and Information Management, and Ongoing Management and Maintenance (FEMA, 2017). Each of these components apply very well to the management of a serious disaster that Homeland Security and public agencies may have to deal with. By using this policy program, it organizes key information and distributes important duties and gives direction in order to lessen the chaos that can transpire during a disaster event. Following, the Incident Command System is a very convenient tool when managing a serious disaster.

This includes development of written plans and procedures to ensure critical operations are maintained. Preparedness includes identification of essential supplies and actions, critical positions, specific roles, responsibilities, orders of succession and delegation of specific authorities, and communication. The most important aspect of emergency planning is for the safety of the staff during an emergency. One or more secure location should be identified for staff during an emergency. Communication methods must be identified and tested between locations. Mutual aid agreements and emergency aspects of vendor contracts should also be reviewed as part of this process. It is also very important to exercise all sections of your plan (PublicRescourceOrg,

A BCP should cover all of the things that could cease regular business operation. Once that has been establish, then we will need to determine what is required for continue operation during a disaster. Then who are the key personnel and what their job will be in support of the continue operation. Identify the key equipment, storage data area and the secondary location at least 30-50 miles away from your primary position.

In order for a disaster plan to be effectively created, there must be leadership in place. This leadership is in charge of supervising and making local decisions regarding the disaster. Decisions which must be in the best interest of the entire community in attempts to restore the community as quickly as possible after a disaster.

Business Continuity Planning is a method, which is supported and funded by management, designed to assist businesses with identifying potential risks, threats, and losses. Business Continuity Planning primary purpose is to identify/develop security measures to reduce and safeguard from the risks and threats.

Senior management concern in the development of plan helps in creating a more robust plan where every need is met in a more effective way. In case of any disaster recovery or business continuity plan, main focus is always to find a way through which business operations keep on the track. For this purpose, plan should include methods through which workers would interact with each other and carry out their routine

At one time or another, city officials must mitigate or manage risk because emergencies strike with little to no warning. When disaster or emergency strikes, one’s response in the next minute could mean the difference between survival and loss. In many situations, similar to the summer of 2015, in Phoenix Arizona, an Incident Commander must mitigate risk to achieve the greatest degree of success. While the process for mitigating risk varies somewhat from situation to situation, proper risk management calls for the Incident Commander to know what commodities are available, and what measures must be taken to maintain security, particularly as it pertains to extreme situations and political gatherings. Thus, survival depends

Without management support and the resources needed to create, test and maintain the continuity plans; the chance of having an effective response to an incident is greatly diminish. Preparation is the key to meeting the continuity objectives set by the organization.

Every business and organization can experience a serious incident which can prevent it from continuing normal operations. This can happen any day at any time. The potential causes are many and varied: flood, explosion, computer malfunction, accident, grievous act... the list is endless.

DLIS has decided to develop a business continuity plan (BCP) with the full support of management.