Disaster Recovery Project Management

Disaster Recovery Project Management is almost an art form. The are lots of templates and checklists around but, at the end of the day it comes down to your project team to put the pieces of the proverbial jigsaw in place to have the resources and procedures in place to ensure the continuity of the business.

Disaster Recovery Project Management – In the Initiation Phase

In the initiation phase consider how to go about these things:

• Knowing the obstacles and how to overcome them
• Scoping the Disaster Recovery Plan
• How to conduct a Business Impact Analysis
• Obtaining Management Buy-in
• Identifying realistic Disaster Recovery Strategies
• The methodology to use
• Ensuring that priorities are clear
• How to identify the Business Requirement
• Knowing the elements to incorporate in the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Developing a testing plan

Disaster Recovery Project Management – The Business Impact Analysis

The BIA is the Number One Critical Success Factor in BCP. It is that simple! Consider these points before you do the Business impact analysis:

• What are the objectives?
• How do you approach the process
• How to minimize demands on the time of personnel in the business units and also in IT
• How to structure the output
• How do you resolve differences and obtain sign-off?

This list is not a template but rather a thought provoker!