| Business continuity plan is one of the most | | | | emergency, can easily contact them. |
| expensive and time taking plan, which many | | | | Document external contacts: List down all the |
| companies skip to develop as this costs virtually | | | | information about your critical vendors and |
| nothing to produce. This plan is beneficial for small | | | | contractors. This step also includes the list of your |
| companies as it will help them continuing their | | | | attorneys, bankers, investors, IT consultants etc. |
| operations, during or after significant disasters. | | | | List all the individuals who can assist with various |
| Business continuity plans are also sometime | | | | operational issues. |
| known as disaster recovery plans. Both | | | | Identify critical documents: Make sure you have all |
| documents have their own importance, business | | | | the legal documents, which are useful in starting a |
| continuity plan helps entrepreneurs continue doing | | | | business such as, articles of incorporation, banking |
| their business after the disaster, whereas disaster | | | | information, building lease papers, tax returns, etc. |
| recovery plan should be oriented towards | | | | Identify your contingency location: There are |
| recovering after a disaster. | | | | many times when your primary offices are |
| Business continuity plan is one of the most | | | | unavailable. You cannot stop operating business at |
| important plan that helps entrepreneur to cope up | | | | that time. Contingency location is the place from |
| with hurdles comes in between their way, | | | | where you conduct your business when your |
| therefore, it is necessary that it should be | | | | primary offices are under construction or under |
| professionally written without any errors. Following | | | | renovation. It could be a hotel, your |
| are some steps involved in writing a business | | | | contract’s office or your attorney office. |
| continuity plan: | | | | Identify your contingency location and map of the |
| Management team: These are the people without, | | | | location in your business continuity plan. |
| which you business absolutely cannot function. It is | | | | Communicate: Once you have completed your |
| necessary, to make the list of your management | | | | business continuity plan, make sure that your |
| team in your business continuity plan, list down | | | | management team must know about it. You can |
| their job function; also list down their contact | | | | hold training classes in order to tell them about |
| information so that, at the time of emergency | | | | this important document to your employees. |
| you can easily contact them. | | | | These are the steps involved in writing business |
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| and list down their names and information. Make | | | | business continuity plan. |
| sure that your management team, at the time of | | | | |