1. The Survival Plan

3. The Survival Coordinator
Responsibilities of the survival coordinator
during development of the plan
reporting to amendment on the status of the project and spend against budget
all liaison with external consultants if these are used
advising on team structure, leaders and members
arranging and monitoring all meetings
supervising the preparation and distribution of the plan
during normal operations
training
testing
maintenance of the plan
advising management

4. Suggested Contents of a Survival Plan Introduction
How to use the survival plan
Survival plan synopsis
Numbering schema explanation
Policy statement
Survival project foundation
Survival project objectives
Method of distribution

5. Suggested Contents of a Survival Plan Duties of survival coordinator
Overview and summary
Survival training program
summary
orientation training
team training
training schedule
testing program
Maintenance procedures
Functions during recovery
- summary
- component testing
- integrated testing
- disaster drill testing
- testing schedule
- summary
- ongoing maintenance
- maintenance responsibility
- maintenance schedule
- summary
- plan activation
- establishing command center
- advisor of survival teams

6. Suggested Contents of a Survival Plan Data processing survival teams
- recovery strategies
- recovery procedure
- progress log
- backup membership
- task assignments
- task procedures
Synopsis of survival teams
Teams
Contact lists
Inventory lists
- alternate sites
- users and customers
- staff
- forms and supplies
- manuals
- software
- office equipment

7. Suggested Contents of a Survival Plan Data processing survival teams 2
Support resources
Vendors and servicers
organization chart
synopsis support functions
priority definitions
production application priorities
command center locations
calling procedures
recovery status report
production constraints
responsibilities
recovery file requirements
critical services
component failure impact
Hardware
telecommunications
software
office equipment
forms and supplies
furnishings
air conditioning
utilities (water, electricity)
manuals
off-site storage facilities
alternate services