Keep Important Work Moving While IT Is Being Recovered
Business continuity is not only an IT document. It is the management plan for continuing important work when normal systems, people, equipment or premises are unavailable.
BCP Examples
- How sales orders are recorded manually
- How warehouse movement is controlled temporarily
- How customer communication continues
- Which reports can wait
- Who makes emergency decisions
- Which staff need alternative access
- How the business returns to normal after recovery
BCP vs Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity (BCP):
Keeps important business work moving. Includes people, process, suppliers and workarounds. Answers "How do we continue?".
Disaster Recovery (DR):
Restores IT systems and data. Focuses on servers, applications, data and access. Answers "How do we restore?".