Without a well thought out and coordinated plan with all key stakeholders, restoration of critical business functionality will be difficult or may fail completely.
Your plan framework will cover:
- Business-critical operation
- Business-critical assets
- Disaster recovery processes and procedures
- Assigned roles and responsibilities
- Communication procedures
Develop a communication plan ensuring that you assign clear roles and responsibilities to individuals. Establishing these roles will help to ensure that in the event of disaster everyone has a clear script and set of duties to perform. Performing this activity will take the burden away from a communications perspective, making the recovery process operate more smoothly.