Task 1
Select a major organization that was located in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area. Research their experiences and detail the unexpected challenges the organization encountered in returning their operations to normal. Give suggestions on what might be added to the organization’s contingency plan to mitigate those unexpected challenges.
Task 2
While society expects a business to be prepared for disasters and to recover using its own resources, we do not seem to expect individuals to be prepared to survive a disaster. Should we expect government at any level to be responsible for disaster recovery at either the personal or business level? Why or why not? What sacrifices would a business have to make if the disaster recovery process were turned over to a government agency?
Task 3
When a major U.S. city recognized that over 70% of its IT staff was eligible to retire within a three-year period, they immediately put into place a plan to start bringing in new IT staff and pairing them with the experienced veterans. Because their IT systems were almost exclusively developed in-house over 20 years, organizational IT knowledge was critical, and those required skills could not be obtained on the open market. Does this suggest another area that should be addressed in crisis management and contingency planning? In which plan or document should this issue have been addressed already?
Task 4
Instructions
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
BIA is an important part of an organization’s business continuity plan. Its components are mentioned in our text book.
SearchDisasterRecovery.com has created a free downloadable business impact analysis template to assist in business continuity planning. Download their BIA template, and step-by-step guide and create a BIA of a fictitious company. The template is also attached in case you can’t locate the link on the website.
All optional components are required to be completed as part of this homework.
And i have attached the attachment for the task 4.
