RE: Scenario Plans vs. Asset-based Plans

09/01/2008 12:36 GMT

RE: Scenario Plans vs. Asset-based Plans

Properly done, a plan based on the "worst case scenario" (everything is gone) INCLUDES all lesser scenarios which would include hiccups in operations or resources - there would be functional unit plans (I prefer "enterprise risk management" to "business continuity") which would roll up into a higher level plan (e.g. facility, campus, division, corporate) and which enjoy the advantages of scale by utilizing (as required) resources from other units - e.g. Purchasing, Shipping/Receiving, Accounting, Communications, HR).
Plans ARE based on resource availability (including human) but include WHY the resource (e.g. server) is down as well as how to recover the resource.

John Glenn, MBCI, SRP