How to create a small business continuity plan for your startup

Click for: original source

Disasters like floods, earthquakes, fires, or cyber attacks rarely arrive announced. Is your company adequately prepared for such events? A business continuity plan provides a rundown of the procedures a company must follow in the face of an emergency to continue business operations during and after a disaster. By brex.com.

Business continuity is a company’s ability to maintain its operations and critical business functions during and after a disruption. The business continuity plan (BC or BCP) provides instructions to an organization on how to proceed after a disruptive event. It includes a list of procedures to follow, covering human resources, business processes, protection of assets, and more.

The article further reads about:

  • What is business continuity?
  • Who needs business continuity planning?
  • The business continuity plan outline
  • Five general steps to create a BC plan

Once you have a snapshot, develop a plan. Think of creating a plan of loose guidelines instead of a strict code of regulations so personnel can follow an outline yet still adapt to the type of business disruption. Good read!

[Read More]

Tags miscellaneous management how-to