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How to Start a Business Continuity Plan: A Comprehensive Guide

Discover the essential elements of creating a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) with insights from Bill Sulman and Jon Chesher of Heath Lambert Group. This comprehensive guide highlights the importance of a BCP in ensuring organizational resilience in the event of a disaster. Learn about the necessary commitment from senior management, the roles and teams involved, and the cost considerations. From risk analysis to training and regular updates, this resource will help you design a robust plan that can minimize potential failures and safeguard your organization's reputation.

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How to Start a Business Continuity Plan: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. Business Continuity ALARM 04 CONFERENCE How to start a Business Continuity Plan by Bill Sulman and Jon Chesher Heath Lambert Group

  2. What is a BCP? • A plan in the event of disaster • Ultimate fallback situation • Can be used for smaller incidents • No good just having some contacts • Links with Emergency Plan • Looks inwards thus is different

  3. Commitment • Senior Management need to commit • Plan might need some resourcing • Cost of hot, warm and cold start • Someone to manage the emergency • Someone to carry on normal activities • Allocation of priorities by management

  4. Why do we need it? • % of organisations never recover • Potential failure of organisation • Corporate Governance requires it • CPA and BSI (PAS) 56 • The ultimate failure in CPA terms • Reputation/ property/ people • Civil Contingencies Bill

  5. How to begin • Y2K is a start, but its only IT • Templates are available and can help • Framework within which to work • Departments to work on own plan • Fitting the bits into the jigsaw • Bids for “desks” in emergency centre?

  6. Crisis teams Alternative premises Equipment IT Essential Services Personnel Supply/ delivery Risk analysis Evacuation Plan Training Business Recovery Contacts Telephone Trees Check lists What should it contain

  7. Who should be involved? • Designate a BCP central team • Teams for IT, HR, PR and Property • A team in each Department to do plan • Overall control of plan • Designated person/ trainer/ consultant • Not everyone- need to know basis

  8. Departmental/Corporate • Sort out your own departmental needs • Business Impact Analysis • Needs and Risks • 24 hours/ 3 days/ 7 days priorities • Insert into corporate framework • Jigsaw - premises and other needs

  9. Updating and Testing • Getting the document finished • Keeping it live • Controlled access • Updates regularly • Availability to staff • Test it regularly

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