Name
Strayer University
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Documentation
CIS 359 – Disaster Recovery Management
Assignment 5: Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Documentation
Due Week 7 and worth 75 points
Imagine you have been appointed as the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) coordinator for your
organization, which is a medium-sized financial services company. Your task is to develop the BCP
documentation for the organization.
Write a paper in which you:
1. BCP Team Roles and Responsibilities: Detail the roles and responsibilities of the BCP team
members, including yourself. Explain how these roles will help ensure the organization's
continuity during a crisis.
2. BCP Documentation: Create an outline of the key components of the BCP documentation,
including policies, procedures, and guidelines. Describe how each component contributes to the
overall effectiveness of the BCP.
3. Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis (BIA): Explain the importance of conducting a risk
assessment and a BIA as part of the BCP process. Describe the specific methodologies and tools
that will be used for these assessments.
4. Communication and Notification Plan: Develop a communication and notification plan that
outlines how the organization will communicate with employees, stakeholders, and the public
during a crisis. Include details about the technologies and platforms to be used.
5. Training and Awareness: Describe the training and awareness programs that will be
implemented to ensure that employees are well-prepared to execute the BCP. Explain how
these programs will be regularly updated and evaluated.
6. Testing and Maintenance: Explain the procedures for testing the BCP and how the results will be
used for continuous improvement. Describe the maintenance schedule for updating the BCP
documentation.
7. Executive Summary: Draft an executive summary of the BCP documentation. Explain the
purpose of the BCP, its importance to the organization, and provide a high-level overview of the
key components.
8. References: Use at least three (3) quality resources to support your BCP documentation. Ensure
that your sources are reputable and applicable to BCP best practices.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides;
citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any
additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course
title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment
page length.
Use appropriate headings and subheadings to organize the content.
Include any necessary charts or diagrams to enhance the clarity of your BCP documentation. Ensure that
these diagrams are imported into the Word document before submission.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Develop a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for an organization.
Analyze the key components of a BCP, including risk assessment, communication plans, and testing
procedures.
Evaluate the importance of training and awareness in ensuring the success of a BCP.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business continuity planning.
Write clearly and concisely about business continuity planning topics using proper writing mechanics
and technical style conventions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 75 Assignment 5: Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Documentation
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets
Minimum
Expectation
s
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Detail the DR team
roles, responsibilities,
and sub teams that
would be implemented
and construct an
organizational chart for
the team through the
use of graphical tools
in Visio, or an open
source alternative such
as Dia.
Weight: 35%
Did not submit or
incompletely
detailed the DR
team roles,
responsibilities,
and sub teams
that would be
implemented and
did not submit or
incompletely
constructed an
organizational
