Checklist

FOR SMALL BUSINESS

Business continuity planning is about being prepared to manage any disruption to the normal operation of a business.
A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) ensures continuity of services to customers and provides condence to customers
and suppliers that a business is able to continue to function, even under extreme and adverse conditions. A BCP is an
investment in the long-term sustainability of any business, large or small, early stage or well established.
The checklist below, which is based on the AQTF course Develop and maintains business continuity plans (BSBCON601B),
can be used for developing and implementing your BCP.
ESTABLISHING YOUR BUSINESS
CONTINUITY PLAN
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ELEMENT
Have risk and
vulnerability
assessments been
conducted?
Have internal and external risks been analysed and determined?
Have potential internal and external sources of disruption to the organisations priorities,
operations and environment been analysed and identied?
Has a report on the
business impact
assessment/s been
developed?
Have the organisations critical business functions and their dependencies and
interdependencies been analysed and evaluated?
Have all known risks been analysed and evaluated?
Have risk and disruption scenarios been developed?
Have the outcomes of the business impact assessment/s to management been reported on?
Has a Risk Treatment
Implementation
report been
developed?
Have ways of implementing risk treatments been developed?
Have all relevant staff participated in the review of risk treatments?
Has a Risk Treatment Report been reviewed and approved by management and relevant
appropriate personnel?
Has the Risk Treatment Report been updated to incorporate feedback provided
by relevant personnel?
Have all
interdependencies
and responses
strategies been
developed?
Has the organisation developed its emergency response, continuity and recovery strategies?
Has the organisation consulted and sought endorsement from management and
other appropriate personnel on the organisations emergency response, continuity
and recovery strategies?
Has the organisation identied and managed synergies and conicts in resource availability
and accessibility?
Who will coordinate the organisations emergency response, continuity and recovery
strategies? Who will do so if they are absent?
Is the Business
Continuity Plan
established?
Has the organisation consulted with relevant personnel and sought nal support for the
development of the organisations Business Continuity Plan/s?
Has the organisation ensured the content of Business Continuity Plan is comprehensive
and meets, where applicable, the requirements of regulations, standards, industry practice
and geographical dispersion?
CHECKLIST ITEM