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Statement of Purpose
- What is the purpose/goal of the disaster recovery plan?
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Objectives
- What are the key objectives of this DRP?
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Major Risks
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What are major/possible risks
- Fire?
- Hazardous materials?
- Earthquake?
- Flood?
- Severe Weather/Tornado?
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Human related?
- loss of personnel
- error
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External
- Power?
- Network/DIS?
- Human related (attacks)
- Environmental Changes?
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Dependencies
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What are our dependencies?
- Dependence on DIS?
- Dependence on Entergy?
- Physical plant
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Scope of the project
- What is the scope of this DRP?
- Data recovery?
- Recovery of software / hardware services (mail/blackboard/web/etc)?
- Recovery of Network Services (external/internal connectivity)?
- Power outages (relocate/backup)?
- Time frame?
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Initial Estimates & Schedule
- What is the time frame for the recovery process?
- Delivery of equipment?
- Time required for rerouting network?
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Immediate Issues
- What are the immediate issues?
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Primary Work Breakdown Structure
- Major Milestones
- Major Deliverables
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Organization & Resource Requirements
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Initial Cost Estimates.
- Costs of relocating?
- Costs of rerouting network (internal/external)?
- Costs to replace equipment?
- Costs of manpower (internal/outsourcing)?
- Is redundancy a reality or a consideration in costs?
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Management Structure & Organization
- Who is responsible?
- What is organizational structure related to recovery process?
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Resources
- What are our required resources?
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Project Management Structure
- Method of measuring progress?
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Assumptions
- What, if any, assumptions do you have of this DRP?
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Constraints
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Possible/probable external limitations?
- Telephone services?
- Location for relocation?
- Department of Information Services?
- Power?
- Current Infrastructure