Business Resumption Planning Checklist

This Checklist is to help you determine the adequacy of your business resumption plan. The checklist is based on information from the booklet: Business Resumption Planning, A guide, published by Emergency Preparedness Canada and SafeGuard
Personnel

• Have key employees seen the business plan and are all employees aware that there is such a plan?
• Have employees been told their specific roles and responsibilities if the business resumption plan is put into effect?
• Have information sessions on business resumption plan been held?
• Does your business resumption plan include home/ pager/ cellular/ numbers of personnel with key roles in the implementation of the plan, and are they available on a 7 X 24 basis if necessary, (vacation, etc.)?
• Do designated employees know who dose what in the event of an emergency?
• Have people with special needs been identified and provisions made for them?
• Does your business resumption plan provide a means for replacement staff when necessary?

Building Premises

• Consider the condition of your buildings, -- old, recently retrofitted or new and the impact this may have on some details of your business resumption plan.
• Do you have access to a building engineer who can inspect the building and facilities soon after a disaster so that damage can be identified and repaired to make the premises safe for the return of employees as soon as possible?
• Is there a plan for the regular inspection of the buildings and facilities, with an inspection checklist?
• Are there hazards in neighboring and adjacent buildings that could endanger life or your business / organization?
• Do you have plans for alternative shelter, if needed?
• Do employees know where the alternative facilities are located?
• What is the risk of failure of such systems as electrical power, natural gas, toxic chemical containers, and pipes?
• Are toxic materials safely stored?
• If public or general transportation is disrupted, will that affect your operations? Has this been considered in your business resumption plan?

Information Technology

• What arrangements exist for emergency telecommunications?
• Have provisions been made so that employees can communicate with their families without overloading telephone circuits?
• Is there a plan for alternative means of data transmission if the computer network is interrupted? Is the plan in writing?Are key staff aware of it? Has the security of alternative mean of transmission been considered?
• How frequently do you test your recovery plan for electronic data processing? For communications during an emergency?
• Does your business resumption plan incorporate a review of computer operations and analyze networking and interdependant systems?
• Are computers protected from leakage from fire sprinklers and pipes on upper floors?
• Does your business resumption plan consider accessibility to a back-up power generator? Power conditioning?

Administrative procedures

• Does your business resumption plan cover administrative and management aspects in addition to operations? Is three a management plan to maintain operations if your headquarters is severely damaged or if access is denied or limited for an extended period of time?
• If some or all of senior management are unable to work, does your business resumption plan have procedures that will enable others to assume these responsibilities? (Is there an executive succession plan?)
• Is there a designated emergency operations center where incident management teams can co-ordinate response and recovery?
• Have essential records been identified? Do you have a duplicate set of essential records stored in a secure and approved location?
• Are essential records separated for easy retrieval from those that will not be needed immediately/
• Is there a procedure to check the protective and emergency devices in offices? (alarm systems, security procedures)
• Does your business resumption plan include the names and numbers of suppliers of essential equipment and other material?

Contracts

• Do any of your contractors provide a service or deliver goods that are essential to the continued operation of your business and if so do these contractors have business resumption plans in case they are also affected by the same disruption that has interrupted the the functioning of your business?
• Have alternative sources of supply been established?

Other resources:
Step-by-step Guide to Business Resumption Planning
Business Resumption Planing
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