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"Jim Barnes has succeeded in providing us a much–needed tool, with which we can condidently face many of the day–to–day challenges of business contingency planning ... With this book, he has taken an important step in removing much of the guesswork and frustration from the business continuity implementation project." From the Foreword by Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, President of Rothstein Associates Inc., Publisher of The Rothstein Catalog on Disaster Recovery, 2001
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As these disasters occupy prominent coverage by the news media, the senior management of virtually every company and governmental entity needs to consider and plan for the prospect of a disaster interrupting their operations.
Yet the cause of the disaster condition is more often a localized occurrence which can have a deceptively great impact on a company or organization. It is these more common occurrences which happen to an individual company rather than an entire area, that activate companies to plan beyond the point of "what if" to a more proactive "how can we prepare for this type of thing happening again" approach.
This practical and highly topical book:
∗ provides the "how–to" of planning and implementing recovery policies in case of disaster or emergency
∗ is an invaluable "toolkit" for CEOs, and managers who find themselves in the role of internal consultant on corporate business continuity planning
∗ offers the same kind of guidance as an external specialist
∗ will also be a valuable source of reference for business consultants in the field
Many times a company will want to understand where they are with regard to Business Continuity "Best Practices". Read the first page
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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A valuable info toolset for the Business Continuity Manager!,
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This review is from: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning (Hardcover)
This topical book addresses the subject of Business Continuity Planning. Following the terrorist events in New York in September 2001, the threat of disaster is prominent in the business community across the world. The senior management teams of many businesses will now be asking if and how they are prepared for disaster scenarios.This book provides a valuable toolset for CIO's & Project Managers who are responsible for business continuity and disaster recovery. It is also useful for those Managers, currently responsible for Business Continuity, in any audit review. Content does not necessarily address specific technical issues associated with Disaster Recovery (e.g. network design, hardware approach) and is therefore not targeted at Data Centre Managers. For this I suggest the reader refer to Disaster Recovery Planning by Jon Toigo. The author does however provide a methodical approach to five defined phases of Business Continuity Planning. It includes a walk through approach to each phase, which together could compromise project delivery from conception to testing/maintenance of plans. The concise book includes useful checklists and example templates for use in project delivery. Even if the templates are not used, they will provide the reader a sound foundation of knowledge to implement within their business. An excellent purchase for those not only new to this topic, but those who have current responsibility.
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Business Continuity Planning by James C. Barnes,
By Ken Gilbert - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning (Hardcover)
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a training class by James Barnes and was provided a copy of Mr. Barnes's book as a reference and support tool. Since my attendance in his class, I've had an opportunity to read the book. I was very pleased to see that the tools provided in the book and in the class are a virtual roadmap with weighpoints along the way to help determine direction. I've been a Safety Engineer for over 30 years and have worked with critical path processes and procedures that were far less accurate and meaningful. While disaster planning has always been an integral part of Risk Management, the continuity aspect of the planning process was not well integrated. What we used to call disaster planning considered rebuilding a facility, it's interdependencies with other facilities, and business interruption. This book provides a outline and method for recovering each facility as an entity, from the facility's management critical necessity and contiunuity business point of view.I highly recommend this book to "Top Management" and engineers who want to prepare their companies for any disaster. Remember, it's not enough to have a disaster plan that gets you up and running. You need to have a plan that maintains the continuity for production, communications, and customer service, or business failure is imminent. If your're fortunate enough to attend a seminar by this author, don't pass it up. If you can't attend a seminar, the book is worth every penny to business survival. 11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Real-life experience,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning (Hardcover)
I have personally used this book as the model for evaluating business continuity in a billion dollar annual revenue company. The book offers excellent models for conducting the necessary business impact analysis (BIA) and analyzing the results. The book provides guidance for the entire process from consultant engagement to management strategic direction setting. During the BIA process for my company, I worked with the book's author during a consultant engagement. I found the author to "practice what he preaches". The book's guidance comes from real-life experiences and results in practical and quality results. My company received a most rewarding product from the impact analysis, which provided the appropriate guidance to develop a comprehensive business continuity program. The book is highly recommended if a company wants to be prepared to survive an extraordinary disaster event. 7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Everything You Would Ever Want to Know About BCP,
By Arthur Luger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning (Hardcover)
Highly recommended for people in the BCP field and those contemplating entry into the field.This thin book provides the framework for a comprehensive business continuity plan. The author has taken the no-nonsense approach of using lists rather than blabbing a lot of text. As I read these lists, I said to myself "of course ... that's the way it should be done". One little nitpicking: some of the lists are obvious. E.g., the author did not need to list five pages (!!!) of expendable supplies. A few ellipses on some of the longer, more obvious tables would have done the trick. I used this book as a (secret) foundation for BCP work completed last spring. Now, with the phone ringing off the hook, it is more invaluable. |
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