Planning — Establish Your Priorities

Establishing appropriate, realistic and affordable recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) needs to be negotiated between the IT department and business leaders. It’s often a balancing act. Having an outside, unbiased Business Continuity planner present during such negotiations will help all stakeholders proceed to a mutually acceptable conclusion.

Once realistic recovery objectives are identified, developing a tiered-strategy that meets the specific requirements and budgetary constraints of your organization is a case-by-case process. There are many options for tier-one mission critical applications that need some form of automated failover (short RTO). Less expensive options are available for applications that can be recovered more slowly (longer RTO).

KEY BENEFITS

No Cookie Cutter Templates. Your BC/DR plan draws on actual data from your unique situation. It’s all about you.

Leverages Your Strengths. Your BC/DR plan integrates and expands on what you have already accomplished.

Listens to Your People. Your BC/DR plan is your plan. We provide methodology, technical expertise and exacting attention to detail. You decide on directions, priorities, budgets, timeframe and objectives.

Shares Responsibility. IT can not ensure business continuity on its own. As a result, BC/DR planning requires that IT and business units share in the responsibility and accountability for the overall well-being of the organization.

Builds Confidence. By establishing ongoing conversations between IT and business professionals, your BC/DR plan contributes to a strong sense of teamwork and trust as well as a shared confidence in the combined abilities of IT and business units. to overcome whatever challenges they may face in the future.