Purpose

To minimize the impact of a disaster, a department must first identify and prioritize their critical business functions, and then develop a recovery plan for quick restoration.

Scope

Departmental managers.

Process Overview

1. Complete a Risk Assessment
   • Identify business processes
   • Rank business processes by priority and impact to organization
2. Complete a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Questionnaire
   • Develop a BIA questionnaire for your organization (with information obtained from the risk assessment)
   • Answer questions
   • Analyze answers
   • Generate report

NOTE: To assist you with this process, you may:

• Purchase the BCP Generator software
• Refer to the Department of Information Resources (DIR): "Business Continuity & Contingency Planning"
• Refer to State Office of Risk Management (SORM) Business Continuity Planning

References

• BCP Generator Software
• State of Texas, Department of Information Resources (DIR): "Business Continuity & Contingency Planning"

The following links can be found on the UH Plant Operations web site: Environmental Health & Risk Management, "Business Continuity Planning"

• UH Plant Operations: Risk Management, "Business Continuity Planning Guide" (short form), click on "Open" or "Save"
• UH Business Continuity Planning Guidelines (DIR, long form)
• State Office of Risk Management (SORM) Business Continuity Planning

Procedures