RE: Business Contingency Plan

Peter  wrote.....


  Because we are 400 people, we tend to have a distorted view of
>contingency planning.  The view, me first.  The plan should be exactly what is
>says a business contingency plan and NOT a rebuild the AS/400 plan.  What good
>is a restore plan goinig to do in Grand Forks ND.  Nothing!  Read the book and
>get a good idea of what real planning is all about.  I never had a good feeling
>until I reviewed the book.
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Those are my thoughts exactly BUT when you have upper management, tell you
that they think (based on a recent audit) it's geared towards me and my
department, I wanted some feed back (copies of plans) to show them that it
encompasses much more than my AS/400, what about the RISC 6000 in lab, what
about the ICU/CCU monitors, and just the general philosophy of doing
business.... obviously being a hospital we are prepared for those disasters
outside our facility (school bus accidents etc) and we are tested on those
regularly.
I think that we all do tend to look at the AS/400 because it is our
responsibility, but it's upper management that also plays a role. I'll get
the my system running if that's what the plan is, otherwise... I'll open up
a long neck bottle of Bud Light... and start typing out my resume !!   :-) 

Thanks for the responses !! 

Joanie 


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