Overview

A business-wide BCP should be developed to prevent the interruption of normal operations and to allow for the resumption of business processes in a timely manner.

Prompt

You are a manager for a small auto-parts manufacturer in a hurricane zone. The company is only five years old and specializes in manufacturing brake parts. It has a contract with a major automobile company in the southern region of the United States. You are concerned about what will happen if your company faces a natural disaster or critical incident. The company does not have a BCP, but since you brought up the idea of developing one to the owner, you have been asked to coordinate a small team to explore whether the company should draft one. The business owner is not convinced, since the company already has business liability insurance, asset replacement insurance, and natural disaster insurance. They are not certain that time, money, and resources need to be allocated to developing a BCP. They also want more information about what components should be considered when defining the business continuity strategy.

The owner of the company has asked you to produce a short report justifying the need for a BCP and explaining its benefits. The report should contain the following:

Rationale: Reasons why a BCP is necessary. Describe its benefits, especially considering that the company is sufficiently insured.