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A Disaster Recovery Plan ( DRP ) is a comprehensive statement
of consistent actions to be taken before, during and after a
disaster. Hence this OCP module is designed to help the client
to clearly define the people; the processes and procedures involved
in the recovery effort, so as to help to shorten any decision-making
process during the recovery process.
Another key objective of DRP is to ensure an orderly and timely
recovery of the client's business operations. Hence one important
factor in the recovery process is the recovery time frame. This
is to ensure that the recovery effort progresses in a timely
and coordinated fashion. All the tasks assigned to each disaster
recovery teams will be tagged with a time frame so that all
recovery activities will be well synchronized and coordinated.
The purpose of the DRP is to assist the client to prepare for
and understand the know-how to respond to a disaster or unplanned
outage in the company. People tend to be disoriented and traumatized
when a sudden disaster happens, hence the DRP serves to guide
and direct them in such situation. The DRP is designed to plan
for a worst-case scenario that envisions a total loss of company
facilities, i.e. the entire site or location is projected to
be inaccessible or inoperable and it should include all repair,
mending, replacement, or rebuilding work involved.
As disaster recovery is a team effort; hence close coordination
among the respective disaster recovery teams plays an extremely
vital and crucial role in a rapid and successful recovery process.
The DRP seeks to define clear roles and responsibilities for
each disaster recovery teams so that everyone in the disaster
recovery teams know exactly when, where, what and how to do
in the event of a disaster.
In short, DRP constitutes the only strategy at the client's
disposal for coping with the unpredictable occurrence and consequences
of disasters. It provides a capability to the client to absorb
the impact of a major disruption and to prevent business failure.
There is substantial evidence to support a case whereby those
companies that plan for the possibility of a disaster stand
a far better chance of recovering from the catastrophic event
than those that do not. This is the ultimate rationale for DRP.
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