business-continuity-planner

# Business Continuity Planner Build a complete Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy for any organization. ## What It Does - Maps critical business functions and their dependencies - Assigns Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) - Creates communication chains and escalation paths - Generates a full BCP document ready for stakeholder sign-off - Identifies single points of failure before they break ## How to Use Tell the agent about your business and it will walk you through building a BCP: ``` "Create a business continuity plan for our 40-person SaaS company" "We need a disaster recovery plan — our main systems are AWS-hosted" "Map our critical functions and set RTOs for each" ``` ## Process ### 1. Business Impact Analysis Ask the user about: - Core revenue-generating functions - Customer-facing systems - Internal operations (payroll, comms, data) - Key vendors and third-party dependencies For each function, determine: - **Impact of downtime** (revenue loss per hour, contractual penalties, reputation damage) - **RTO** — how fast must it recover? (minutes, hours, days) - **RPO** — how much data loss is acceptable? ### 2. Risk Assessment Identify threats across categories: - **Technology**: server failure, cyberattack, data corruption, cloud outage - **People**: key person risk, mass absence, skills gap - **Facilities**: office access, power, connectivity - **Supply chain**: vendor failure, payment disruption - **External**: regulatory change, natural disaster, pandemic Rate each: Likelihood (1-5) × Impact (1-5) = Risk Score ### 3. Recovery Strategies For each critical function, define: - Primary recovery method - Backup/alternative approach - Manual workaround (if systems are down) - Responsible person + backup person - Dependencies that must recover first ### 4. Communication Plan Build a contact tree: - Crisis management team (names, roles, phone numbers) - Escalation triggers (what constitutes a crisis?) - Internal notification sequence - External stakeholder communication (clients, vendors, regulators) - Media/PR response template ### 5. BCP Document Output Generate a structured document with: ```markdown # Business Continuity Plan — [Company Name] ## Version: 1.0 | Last Updated: [Date] | Next Review: [Date + 6 months] ### 1. Purpose & Scope ### 2. Business Impact Analysis (table) ### 3. Risk Register (table with scores) ### 4. Recovery Strategies (per function) ### 5. Communication Plan & Contact Tree ### 6. IT Disaster Recovery Procedures ### 7. Testing Schedule (tabletop exercises quarterly, full test annually) ### 8. Document Control & Review Cycle ``` ### 6. Testing & Maintenance Recommend: - **Tabletop exercise** quarterly — walk through a scenario verbally - **Simulation test** bi-annually — actually invoke recovery procedures - **Full DR test** annually — failover to backup systems - **Review trigger**: after any real incident, org change, or new system deployment ## Output Format Deliver the BCP as a single markdown document the user can save, print, or convert to PDF. Include tables for the Business Impact Analysis and Risk Register. ## Tips - Start with the functions that make money. Everything else is secondary. - A plan that exists but hasn't been tested is just a document, not a plan. - The #1 cause of extended outages isn't technical failure — it's nobody knowing who to call. - Keep it practical. A 5-page plan people actually read beats a 50-page plan nobody opens.