Strategic Planning and Disaster Recovery

Strategic Planning and Disaster Recovery

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A Strategic Planning Outline For Goldilocks Information Technology Company

Disaster Recovery Plan

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introductory Statement
  3. Background Statement
  4. Management Board and Staff
  5. Organizational Tenets
    1. Organizational Vision
    2. Mission Statement
    3. Values
  6. Situational Analysis
    1. Strengths
    2. Weaknesses
    3. Opportunities
    4. Threats
  7. Main Goals
    1. Specific Objectives
  8. Evaluation
    1. Formative Evaluation
    2. Executive Evaluation

    A disaster recovery plan is a stepwise outline that effectively describes the steps that need to be followed in the event of a disaster. It evaluates a company’s preparedness to handle adverse effects. Disasters can either be caused by man or by forces of nature and would cause The Goldilocks I.T department not to be able to perform some or all of their regular activities for a given period of time. These can be in the form of fire, flood, power outage, war, theft and pandemics.

    The primary priority in the event of any disaster in my company is the prevention of the loss of life. The next priority will then be the prevention of loss of the resources of the organization such as the hardware, machinery, data and all assets and to keep the company running even in the course of the disaster. The disaster recovery plan in this company incorporates the following; Network infrastructure, servers infrastructure, telephone system, data storage and backup system, data output devices, database systems and I.T documentation. The disaster recovery team is made up of the DR lead, the network team, applications team, operations team, management team, communications team and the finance team

    The disaster recovery lead will be in charge of guiding the entire recovery process to the end. The contacts all members of the DR team are then included in the detailed table as below. The facilities team is responsible for the facilities that house the IT systems. They ensure good and accurate repairs to the affected location and securing and good management of the unaffected areas. The network team is then responsible for assessing the damage to any network infrastructure at large. They are then responsible for providing network functionality at this time and assistance of the IT department if needed. The server team is responsible for providing the basic server infrastructure required for the company. They ensure the server systems remain functionality in the course of a disaster. The applications team the company applications operates as required to ensure all company needs is achieved. The finance team is in charge of ensuring that the company’s finances are dealt with appropriately. The communications team is in charge of all communication during this period. The operations team provides employees with all they need to perform their roles as efficiently as they can.

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      DR Management Team Lead      
    DR Management Team 1      
    DR Management Team 2      
      Facilities Team Lead      
    Facilities Team 1      
      Network Team Lead      
         
         
         
         
      Server Team Lead      
         
         
         
         
      Applications Team Lead      
         
         
         
         
      Management Team Lead      
    Management Team 1      
      Communications Team Lead      
      Communications Team 1      
      Finance Team Lead      
      Finance Team 1      

    The disaster recovery process prevented as a flow diagram;

    The disaster command and control center or standby facility will be used after the disaster recovery lead has declared that a disaster has occurred. This is a separate location to the primary facility. The standby facility is to be used by the IT department and disaster recovery teams to function as a central location where all decisions during the disaster will be made. Business continuity will be achieved by the team in charge of repair and rebuilding of the primary facility. The task required to achieve the continuity will be variable depending on the severity of the damage. Specific tasks will be determined and assigned after damage to the primary facilities have been assessed.

    References

    F., W. L. (2012). Strategic planning in Higher Education: Implementing New Roles for the Academic Library. . Routledge.

    Hiatt, J. C. (2000). A Primer for Disaster Recovery Planning in an IT Environment. Idea Group Inc.

    J., B. M. (2011. ). Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement, . John Wiley & Sons.

    S., S. (2013. ). Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals. Newness.

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