We are living in a new world where we are all much more aware of real threats—both natural and man-made. Proper Business Continuity Planning can help your business recover quickly should an emergency occur.

A good plan involves identifying and evaluating real threats, projecting likely outcomes and identifying what management needs to do to continue providing customer service and other critical business processes. BCP needs to go beyond mere process recovery to include threat identification, prevention, disaster recovery, business process recovery and “reconnection” of line operations, business processes, suppliers and customers.

When your plan is complete, your team has the tools they need to effectively and efficiently continue the business under adverse conditions, and to test, maintain and improve the plan as required.

Source: Transition Partners Business Continuity Planning 2006.