Updating Your Plans

Emergency operations and business continuity plans are only as good as they are current. The following is a list of trigger points that you should use to consider when to update your plans.

Personnel Changes

• New hires
• Transfers
• Terminations
• Personnel Status Changes such as home address, home telephone numbers, or name changes

Organization Changes

• Promotions
• Reassignments of duties
• Reporting relationships (Unit)

Environment Changes

• Relocation of unit
• Space additions or reductions
• Rekeying of doors
• Heating, ventilation, air conditioning modifications

Business Process Changes

• Assumption of new business functions
• Modification of existing business functions
• Elimination of existing business functions

Application Changes

• Upgrade or modification of existing software or systems
• Acquisition of new or retirement of existing software or systems

Technical Infrastructure Changes

• Network or workstation changes
• Modification of backup processes

Changes in off-site support facilities or vendors