Project Part 2 Task 1: Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Plan
This part of the project is a continuation of Project Part 1 in which you prepared an RA plan and a risk mitigation plan for Health Network. Senior management at the company has decided to allocate funds for a business impact analysis (BIA). Because of the importance of risk management to the organization, senior management is committed to and supportive of performing a BIA. You have been assigned to develop the BIA plan.
Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics
§ Did the student complete a BIA plan based on inputs from the instructor regarding feedback on submitted work?
§ Did the student include the primary objectives of a BIA: identify critical business functions, identify critical resources, identify MAO and impact, and identify recovery objectives?
Did the student create a professional, well-developed report with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?
Project Part 2 Task 2: Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
After having reviewed and being impressed by your business impact analysis (BIA), senior management at Health Network has decided that your team must also develop a BCP. Management has allocated all funds for a BCP and your team has their full support, as well as permission to contact any of them directly for participation or inclusion in your BCP plan. You have been assigned to develop this new plan.
Winter storms on the East Coast have affected the ability of Health Network employees to reach the Arlington offices in a safe and timely manner. However, no BCP plan currently exists to address corporate operations. The Arlington office is the primary location for business units, such as Finance, Legal, and Customer Support. Some of the corporate systems, such as the payroll and accounting applications, are located only in the corporate offices. Each corporate location is able to access the other two, and remote virtual private network (VPN) exist between each Production data center and the corporate locations.
The corporate systems are not currently being backed up and should be addressed in the new plan. The BCP should also include some details regarding how the BCP will be tested.
You may refer to the following additional resources to help you and your team develop a BCP, and you may use a BCP template if found during your research.
References:
§ Guide to Business Continuity Management: Frequently Asked Questions (Protiviti, 2013),
http://www.protiviti.com/en-US/Documents/Resource-Guides/Guide-to-BCM-Third-Edition-Protiviti.pdf
§ Business Continuity Plan (Ready.gov), http://www.ready.gov/business/implementation/continuity
Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics
§ Did the student develop a BCP that could recover business operations while efforts are ongoing to restart pervious operations?
§ Did the student completely fill out a BCP template if found during their research?
§ Did the student completely understand BCP concepts presented in class?
§ Did the student develop a BCP test plan with correct processes?
Did the student create a professional, well-developed report with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?
