BusinessContinuityPlanTemplate.docx

Business Continuity Plan Template

CIO Maria Sosa has asked you to provide her and the other executives with a business continuity plan for your organization.

Final Business Continuity Plan (five- to seven-page report using this template). The plan should include the following components:

· Title Page

· Include:

· for whom you are preparing the document, the title, the date prepared, and your name as the preparer of the document

· Overview

· Include:

· justifications demonstrating the value of a BCP for the organization

· description of the scope of the BCP (one-page narrative, from Step 2)

· Business Impact Analysis and Key Resources and Stakeholders (table from Step 4, plus one-page summary of findings) 

· Include:

· table from Step 4

· summary of findings

· Preventative Controls (one to two pages, from Step 6) 

· Recovery Strategies (two to three pages, from Step 8) 

· Contingency Plan (from Step 11)

· Include:

· implementation and maintenance procedures

· testing procedures

· Summary 

· Include:

· explanation of the thought process of creating the specific plan steps and how each is related to business strategy considerations