Develop business continuity plans with confidence AND build expertise in your organisation
This business continuity plan template with continuous business continuity consultancy support has helped many organisations to quickly develop a robust and credible business continuity plan for their organisation Based on our own business continuity consulting assignments, our service is optimised to enable non-specialists to create an effective business continuity plan that will stand up to ANY third party scrutiny.
When you have downloaded our template, you're not on your own:
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The template download contains a PowerPoint walkthrough, providing a step-by-step guide explaining how to use the template - so you can walkthrough the process at your own pace
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Each individual template has a corresponding checklist to help you to ensure each stage of the business continuity plan development has been completed comprehensively correctly
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AND you'll have access to ongoing consultancy support from us for any assistance or advice needed during the business continuity plan development process. This is your safety net which ensures that your organisation develops business continuity plans and capabilities with confidence. We don't use ChatBots, your questions will be read and promptly and responded to by an experienced business continuity consultant. Your consultant will be in touch to introduce themselves when you download the template
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The combination of a business continuity planning "toolkit" plus consultancy support develops business continuity expertise within your organisation - so knowledge stays with you
Key elements of the business continuity plan template
Scope & Priorities (also known as Business Impact Assessment or "BIA)"
This section of the business continuity plan template is the first step in creating the a business continuity plan, establishing potential exposures and the resources (such as critical IT systems, and physical resources) which are required to operate "business as usual". This easy to follow, straightforward spreadsheet facilitates the first stage of developing your organisations business continuity plan. It is supplied as an Excel spreadsheet, enabling efficient collection and presentation of all required information
Operational Recovery Plans
This section of the business continuity plan template provides a format for creating specific action plans for those parts of your organisation that have a designated role to play during and after recovery (IT, Finance, Customer Service & HR, for instance) based on the Scope * priorities assessment. An easy to use Microsoft Word template already contains many of the main activities required for incident response and recovery and contains a straightforward tabular, easy to reference format to capture relevant information
Communications Framework
How your organisation communicates internally and externally can make or break the effectiveness of your business continuity plan. So, it's good practice to have worked out how you are going to communicate both during and after a major incident. The Communications Framework section of the business continuity template helps you to identify who you may need to be in touch with, how the organisation will achieve that (such as the communications channels to be used) and who will be responsible for maintaining communication with them.
Business Continuity Statement of Capability
This section of the business continuity plan template contains everything a third party needs to know about your business continuity capabilities. It references your scope & priorities assessment, the organisation-wide recovery capabilities (such a IT & Workplace recovery), the business continuity policy (already drafted for you) and how you make sure your plans are kept up to date and fit for purpose. It's the perfect compliment to your planning efforts - demonstrating to 3rd parties that you have policies and procedures in place to ensure your business continuity plan remains fit for purpose
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