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I know we ask all the time, what topics or
information would you, the ACP members, like to have presented, but
maybe you can also give us, the ACP Board, some feedback on the most
important things you deal with or struggle with in your positions.
I know for me, a big issue is always software. Many of us use Word
and other common tools, either to be the main format or as a
supplemental tool, and many of us may be using some actual Business
Continuity software program, but are we able to achieve our goals of
documenting plans, processes, and procedures, the most effective
way? I mean that in the context of did we analyze our requirements,
search for a tool, and go about a structured implementation, or did
we inherit something, and are struggling to make the most of it. If
your idea of a Business Continuity Plan is a simple Word document
that lists the functions of a business area, the personnel involved,
and maybe who goes where, then your requirements are minimal. If
you need help performing risk assessments, business impact analysis,
strategy development, and full documentation of Business Continuity
Plans, which include databases for vendors, resources, recovery team
members and skills, and sequenced steps to be followed in
restoration and recovery, then maybe you require a certain level of
sophistication in your solution. Give us your feedback and perhaps
we can put together a special presentation that helps us all look at
software choices and directions.
Most of you may have seen, heard, or read the
statement – if your old car is a planter box in the front yard –
“you may be a Redneck”. Well, let’s adapt that to our
profession. If your first thought when the phone rings, is –
now what’s broken – you may be a contingency planner. If your
friends have nicknamed you “Chicken Little” – you may be a
contingency planner. If your every waking thought is – have I
thought of everything – you may be a contingency planner.
Sometimes it takes a particular type of person to love this
profession and actually get excited about planning and preparedness.
I see it in many of you and enjoy sharing that feeling and
camaraderie with fellow contingency practitioners. Spread the
word and let’s all get more of us together to share the fun.
Don’t forget in
September San Diego will again be host to the Disaster Recovery
Journal Fall World Conference. A very large gathering of those
fellow practitioners.
Hope to see you there.
Jack Boyles, 2008 ACP San Diego Chapter
President
jboyles@myisland.com
Phone: 619-656-7099
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