Business Continuity Checklists
An ancient philosopher once said, "The reason for failure is unwillingness, the pretended reason is inability". If your business or your family is called before its audit committee to review your Continuity and Resiliency Plans, would your Plans pass the Preparedness test?
The 7 Questions of Business Preparedness are a good start to review you Business Continuity Plan. The following checklists can help you measure the completeness of vital components of your Business Continuity Planning Program and its associated documentation.
Please review each checklist and email us any suggestions or comments you may have.
- Policy Statement - Minimum Policy components and Sample BCP Policy
- Policy Integration - Lists how to integrate and enforce the BCP Policy
- Plan Resiliency - Provides steps to ensure Plan flexibility
- Plan Validation - Define and measure the validation and exercise program
- Service Level Agreements - Minimum components of an SLA agreements
- Plan Completeness - Plan overall metrics from Plan initiation to validation
- Individual Preparedness - Planning to ensure your staff's availability
- Public Authority Coordination - Support and awareness with public authorities
Let us know what other checklists would be helpful and how you have implemented and validate your Business Continuity Planning program.