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Chapter61.pptxChapter 6: Writing the plan
Writing the plan
Impossible to write a plan for every scenario
Plans are to give guidelines to reduce chaos
Types of plans
Administrative plan
Technical recovery plan
Work area plan
Pandemic management plan
Essential elements
Flexible to accommodate a variety of challenges
Understandable
Testable
Basic steps
Lay groundwork
Develop departmental plans
Combine departmental plans into an overall corporate recovery plan
Lay the groundwork
Who will execute it?
How obvious is the problem?
How much warning will there be?
How long must they continue running?
How soon must process be restored?
Any manual work around?
Departmental plans
Immediate actions
Detailed containment actions
Recovery actions
Corporate recovery plan
Planning
Continuity of leadership
Insurance
Recovery options
Document repository
Establish a file sharing location
Utilize document management products
Cloud storage solutions
summary
Overall writing process can be tedious
Break it down into small chunks
Document is a living document – never finally done
