Package 1: Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Long Version Template Suite

• Conducting a Business Impact Analysis Guide (23 pages)
• Long Version Business Impact Analysis Template (21 pages)
• Example of Completed Long Version BIA (24 pages)

Cost: $90

Conducting a Business Impact Analysis Guide

Objective

This template guide document is purposely created to help businesses conduct a Business Impact Analysis (BIA), which detect the business's critical processes, necessary resources for each process and the sequence in which these critical processes need to be executed.  This document provides guidance on how to achieve the BIA, scrutinize the information that is accumulated, and report the findings of the assessment.  The following documents are offered to help the business complete the assessment:

• Business Impact Analysis Template (both short and long versions)
• Application & Data Criticality Template
• Final Business Unit Report Template
• Final Executive Management Report Template
• Examples of Impact

The Business Impact Analysis is merely a component of the overall Business Assessment.  A Business Assessment is alienated into two constituents, Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis (BIA).  The Risk Assessment is intended to evaluate present susceptibilities to the business's environment, while the Business Impact Analysis evaluates possible loss that could result during a disaster.  To maximize the Business Impact Analysis, a Risk Assessment should also be completed.  

Table of Contents of Conducting a Business Impact Analysis

• INTRODUCTION

• Compliance
• Scope

• BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS

• Objectives of the Business Impact Analysis
• Developing the Project Plan
• BIA Process Steps

• PHASE ONE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

• Scope
• Objectives and Deliverables
• Method of Collection
• Identify People
• Interview Order

• PHASE TWO GATHER DATA

• General Information
• Process Information
• Dependencies
• Required Resources
• Potential Impact

• PHASE THREE APPLICATION & DATA CRITICALITY

• Application Information
• Database Information
• Hardware Information
• Network Information

• PHASE FOUR ANALYZE THE DATA

• Review Business Unit BIA
• Follow-Up Meetings
• Report the Results

• FINAL REPORT & PRESENTATION

• Creation of Executive Report
• Presentations

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APPENDIX

• Appendix A:  Business Impact Analysis Short Template
• Appendix B:  Business Impact Analysis Long Version Template
• Appendix C:  Application & Data Criticality Analysis Template
• Appendix D:  Final Business Unit Report Template
• Appendix E:  Final Executive Report Template
• Appendix F:  Sample BIA Questions
• Appendix G:  Examples of Impacts

Business Impact Analysis Survey: Long Version Template

Objectives

Due to many regulatory compliance regulations, organization must implement Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Practices to make sure the protection of data.  In order to carry out this undertaking, there are numerous steps that organization will be implementing to detect critical business functions, processes and applications that process to safeguard data and to understand the potential impact to the business if a disruptive event occurred.

The first step of implementing the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Program for organization is to conduct a Business Impact Analysis (BIA).  This questionnaire will assist each business unit detect their critical business functions and recovery requirements in addition to estimating the impact of a disaster (or prolonged outage) to the business unit.  Once the survey is completed, the BIA Project team will review the data, analyze and create a prioritized recovery strategy to present to senior management.

For the purpose of this BIA, answer each question based on the "worst-case scenario".  This means your workplace and all records; files and equipment in it are inaccessible.  The priority of this questionnaire is to make out any business process or application that at present contains vital data.  However, please answer all questions regardless of data status.  By completing all questions to the best of your knowledge, a recovery strategy that best meets the need of the business can be established.

A few questions will be directly associated to a specific process where as other questions are about the business unit in general. Some sections contain an additional "Notes" area to amplify or explain your responses.  While this is not a obligation, it can be helpful in serving the Project Team understand the nature of your business unit operations.

Table of Contents: Business Impact Analysis Survey Template

• OBJECTIVE

• GENERAL INFORMATION

• Respondent Information
• Business Unit / Department Information
• Vital data information
• Service Providers
• Business Unit Vulnerability
• Recovery Complexity

• PROCESS INFORMATION

• Process Identification
• Process Criticality & Frequency
• Processing Periods
• Process Unavailability Impact
• Process Deferrable
• Manual Work – Around Procedures for Processes
• Alternate Facilities / Work-load shifting
• Backlog Work
  
  

• DEPENEDENCIES

• Internal Received Dependencies (Same Company)
• Internal Sent Dependencies (Same Company)
• External Received Dependencies (Outside Provider)
• External Sent Dependencies (Outside Provider)
  
  

• REQUIRED RESOURCES 

• Software Resources
• Specialized Supplies and Clerical Type Resources
• Equipment Resources
• Manpower Resources
• Reports
  
  

• POTENTIAL IMPACT

• Financial Impact
• Customer & Operational Impact
• Legal & Regulatory Impact
  
  

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