Sample of Executive Business Impact Analysis Finding Report for Business Resumption Plan

Executive Overview

Purpose

The purpose of the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Template is to facilitate your organization to list out which business units, operations and processes are most essential to the endurance of the business. The Business Impact Analysis will identify the time frames in which indispensable business operations have to be reinstated to full functionality following a disruptive event. It has identified the business impact of not performing critical business operations based on a worst-case scenario. The Business Impact Analysis has also identified the resources that are necessary to resume business operations to a functioning level.

Worst-case situation take for granted that the physical infrastructure supporting each respective business unit has been destroyed completely and all records, equipment, etc are not accessible within 30 days.

Objectives of Business Impact Analysis:

1. Estimate the financial, customer/operation, and legal/regulatory impacts for each major business unit, assuming a worst-case scenario
2. Determine the estimated number of personnel required for recovery operations
3. Identify the critical business functions, business unit processes and the estimated Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for each business unit.
4. Provide a foundation for implementing Business Resumption, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans.

Table of Contents: Executive BIA Finding Report

• EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
  • Objectives
  • Scope
  • Approach
  • Department Responses and Findings
  
  
• BUSINESS UNIT RESULTS


• SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 
  • Combined Financial Impact      
  • Combined Customer/Operational Impact         
  • Combined Legal and/or Regulatory Impact       
  • Recovery Personnel Requirements       
  • Recovery Time Objectives for Business Processes       
  • Manual Work-Around Processes         
  • Work Backlog Processing       
  • Recovery Complexity for Business Units          
  
  
• CONCLUSION


• APPENDIX
  • APPENDIX A – BIA QUESTIONNAIRE
  • APPENDIX B – INDIVIDUAL FULL DEPARTMENT RESPONSES
  • APPENDIX C – BLANK DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW FORM
  • APPENDIX D – CUMULATIVE REPORT CHART TEMPLATES

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