Step by Step Guide to the Business Continuity
Planning Process
Initiating BCP Project. This will involve
the Phase 1 |i undertaking arange of Project
BCP Project Initiation and Project
Organisation activities.
The second phase wwoWes
roviowing the different typos of
Phase 2 aaj emeraencies that can arise ant
assessing the risks to the
various business processes.
‘Assessing Business
Risk and Impact of
Potential
Emergencies
‘The third phase involves the
identification of back-up and
Phase 3 rocovary stratagios to mitigato
the effects af an emergency.
Preparing
fora
Possible Emergency
Tre TOUT PHASE MTONES Te
development of procedures to
Phase 4 w@j—4 __hefolowed by a Disaster
Recovery Team where hurtan
life may be at risk.
Disaster
Recovery Phase
The THT pase TS Te MAN
phase trom a business
A} perspective and involves
developing detailed procedures
liar the recovery of the business.
Business Recovery
Phase
THE STR PRESETVOWES THE
detailed testing of the Business|
Phase 6 lj} RecoveryPhase set in
reasonably authentic
emergency simulations.
[Testing the Business|
Recovery Process
THe SeVETNTT PASE COVETS THE
training of all employees in the
Phase 7 |aj—| procedures to effectively
manage the business recavery|
process.
the
Business Recovery
Process
The BCP musth TeyarHe as 3}
dynamic document and be kept}
Phase 8 -j—jup to date to reflect all changes
‘10 business processes and
employee structure.
Keeping the
Plan
Up-to-date