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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

MHA Consulting

Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. In today’s post, we’ll look at this and four other mistakes people commonly make in documenting their BC programs. 1: Trying to document a recovery plan that does not exist.

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Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

MHA Consulting

10 Common BC Plan Mistakes Here is our list of 10 of the most common mistakes organizations make with their recovery plans: Thinking that if they have a BC document then they have a BC plan. The document is a subset of the plan, a component that pins down in writing the essential action items and information.

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Recovering Right: How to Improve at IT Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

For these reasons, it is essential for every organization to get serious about IT disaster recovery planning. The Recovery Plan vs. the Plan Document One of the first things a company has to understand in order to improve at IT/DR is that the terms “IT/DR recovery plan” and “IT/DR recovery plan documentation” are not synonymous.

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Developing the Departmental Plan

MHA Consulting

Detailed Containment Actions What to do to reduce further damage First things the recovery team does once onsite Recovery Actions Basic actions Critical functions Restoration priorities Foundation Documents Asset List Risk Assessment Critical Process Impact Matrix Critical Process Breakdown Matrix Employee Recall List Vendor List Manual Workaround (..)

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

NOTE: DRII takes this definition from the Business Continuity Institute BCI and Disaster Recovery Journal DRJ. Appendices with Supporting Documents, Tracking Logs, and Recovery Forms. The above is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but it is a great place to start with your business continuity plans. Cover Page.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

I can tell you from my personal experience, that it was a way more fun to patch the servers at midnight than to write IT documentation or to fill some business spreadsheets (BIA anyone?). If excluded, IT may put the emphasis on the recovery of IT components that are not aligned with business recovery requirements.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

I can tell you from my personal experience, that it was a way more fun to patch the servers at midnight than to write IT documentation or to fill some business spreadsheets (BIA anyone?). If excluded, IT may put the emphasis on the recovery of IT components that are not aligned with business recovery requirements.

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