Fillable Printable Business Impact Analysis Sample

Business Impact Analysis Sample

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BUSINESSIMPACTANALYSIS

Version<1.0>

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VERSIONHISTORY

[ProvideinformationonhowthedevelopmentanddistributionoftheBusinessImpact

Analysis was controlledand tracked.Usethe tablebelow toprovide the version

number,theauthorimplementingtheversion,thedateoftheversion,thenameofthe

personapprovingtheversion,thedatethatparticularversionwasapproved,andabrief

descriptionofthereasonforcreatingtherevisedversion.]

Versio

Implemented

Revision

Date

Approved

Approval

Date

Reason

1.0

<name>

UPTemplateVersion:06/30/08

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NotetotheAuthor

[ThisdocumentisatemplateofaBusinessImpactAnalysisdocumentforaproject.

Thetemplateincludesinstructionstotheauthor,boilerplatetext,andfieldsthatshould

bereplacedwiththevaluesspecifictotheproject.

Blueitalicizedtextenclosedinsquarebrackets([text])providesinstructionsto

thedocumentauthor,ordescribestheintent,assumptionsandcontextfor

contentincludedinthisdocument.

Blueitalicizedtextenclosedinanglebrackets(<text>)indicatesafieldthat

shouldbereplacedwithinformationspecifictoaparticularproject.

Textandtablesinblackareprovidedasboilerplateexamplesofwordingand

formatsthatmaybeusedormodifiedasappropriatetoaspecificproject. These

areofferedonlyassuggestionstoassistindevelopingprojectdocuments;they

arenotmandatoryformats.

Whenusingthistemplateforyourprojectdocument,itisrecommendedthatyoufollow

thesesteps:

1.Replacealltextenclosedinanglebrackets(e.g.,,<ProjectName>)withthe

correctfieldvalues.Theseanglebracketsappearinboththebodyofthe

documentandinheadersandfooters. TocustomizefieldsinMicrosoftWord

(whichdisplayagraybackgroundwhenselected):

a.SelectFile>Properties>SummaryandfillintheTitlefieldwiththe

DocumentNameandtheSubjectfieldwiththeProjectName.

b.SelectFile>Properties>CustomandfillintheLastModified,Status,and

Versionfieldswiththeappropriateinformationforthisdocument.

c.AfteryouclickOKtoclosethedialogbox,updatethefieldsthroughoutthe

documentwiththesevaluesbyselectingEdit>SelectAll(orCtrl-A)and

pressingF9.Oryoucanupdateanindividualfieldbyclickingonitand

pressingF9.ThismustbedoneseparatelyforHeadersandFooters.

2.Modifyboilerplatetextasappropriatetothespecificproject.

3.Toaddanynewsectionstothedocument,ensurethattheappropriateheader

andbodytextstylesaremaintained.StylesusedfortheSectionHeadingsare

Heading1,Heading2andHeading3. StyleusedforboilerplatetextisBodyText.

4.ToupdatetheTableofContents,right-clickandselect“Updatefield”andchoose

theoption-“Updateentiretable”

5.Beforesubmissionofthefirstdraftofthisdocument,deletethis“Notestothe

Author”pageandallinstructionstotheauthor,whichappearthroughoutthe

documentasblueitalicizedtextenclosedinsquarebrackets.]

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

1INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................5

1.1Purpose.....................................................................................................................5

2SYSTEMINFORMATION.....................................................................................................5

2.1PointsofContact.....................................................................................................5

2.2SystemResources..................................................................................................5

2.3CriticalContactsandResources...........................................................................6

2.4DisruptionImpact.....................................................................................................6

2.5ResourceRecoveryPriority...................................................................................6

APPENDIXA:BUSINESSIMPACTANALYSISAPPROVAL.............................................7

APPENDIXB:REFERENCES...................................................................................................8

APPENDIXC:KEYTERMS.......................................................................................................9

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1INTRODUCTION

1.1PURPOSE

TheBusinessImpactAnalysis(BIA)isanessentialstepinthedevelopmentofa

contingency/disasterrecoveryplan.

[EnterpurposeofthisspecificBIA]

2SYSTEMINFORMATION

Date:<EnterdateBIAcompleted>

PointofContact(POC):<EnterBIAPOC>

Organization:<EnterOrganization>

SystemName:<Entername>

SystemManager:<Entermanager>

SystemDescription:<Enterdescription>

2.1POINTSOFCONTACT

[Enterthenameanddescriptionofindividuals,positions,offices,etcofpoints-of-

contactrelatedtothecontentcontainedwithinthisBIA.]

InternalContacts

<EnterName>:<EnterdescriptionofroleasitrelatestothisBIA>

ExternalContacts

[Enterthenameanddescriptionofindividuals,positions,offices,etcofpoints-of-

contactrelatedtothecontentcontainedwithinthisBIA.]

<EnterName>:<EnterdescriptionofroleasitrelatestothisBIA>

2.2SYSTEMRESOURCES

[Enterthecategory,name,anddescriptionofresourcesrelatedto,referenced,

and/oranalyzedwithinaspartofthisBIA.]

Hardware

<EnterName>:<Enterdescriptionofresource>

Software

<EnterName>:<Enterdescriptionofresource>

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Other

<EnterName>:<Enterdescriptionofresource>

2.3CRITICALCONTACTSANDRESOURCES

[Relatecriticalcontacts,theirroles,andcriticalresourcesfromthecontententered

intotheprevioustwosectionsandrelatethemtoeachother.]

CriticalContacts/Roles

CriticalResources

<Entercriticalresourcename>



2.4DISRUPTIONIMPACT

[Identifydisruptionimpactsandallowableoutagetimes.Characterizetheimpact

oncriticalrolesifacriticalresourceisunavailable.Identifythemaximum

acceptableperiodthat theresourcecouldbeunavailablebeforeunacceptable

impactsresulted.]

Resource

OutageImpact

AllowableOutage

<Enterdescriptionofoutage

impact>

<Enterdescriptionof

allowableoutagetime>

2.5RESOURCERECOVERYPRIORITY

[ListtheorderofrecoverypriorityforallresourcesIdentifiedearlierinthis

document.Identifyanddescribeanappropriatepriorityscalesuchashigh,

medium,low;1,2,3;etc.]

Priority

Resource

Comments

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AppendixA:BusinessImpactAnalysisApproval

Theundersignedacknowledgetheyhavereviewedthe<ProjectName>Business

ImpactAnalysisandagreewiththeapproachitpresents.Changestothis

Business Impact Analysis willbecoordinatedwithandapprovedbythe

undersignedortheirdesignatedrepresentatives.

[Listtheindividualswhosesignaturesaredesired.Examplesofsuchindividuals

areBusinessSteward,ImplementationManagerorProjectSponsor.Add

additionallinesforsignatureasnecessary.Althoughsignaturesaredesired,they

arenotalwaysrequiredtomoveforwardwiththepracticesoutlinedwithinthis

document.]

Signature:

Date:

PrintName:

Title:

Role:

Signature:

Date:

PrintName:

Title:

Role:

Signature:

Date:

PrintName:

Title:

Role:

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APPENDIXB:REFERENCES

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documentsreferencedinthisdocument. Addrowstothetableasnecessary.]

Thefollowingtablesummarizesthedocumentsreferencedinthisdocument.

Document

Nameand

Version

Description

Location

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Nameand

Version

Number>

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document]

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documentislocated>

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APPENDIXC:KEYTERMS

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necessary.Followthelinkbelowtofordefinitionsofprojectmanagementterms

andacronymsusedinthisandotherdocuments.

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Thefollowingtableprovidesdefinitionsfortermsrelevanttothisdocument.

Term

Definition

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