Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Playbook
Regulators are asking for evidence of operational resilience and you cannot produce it. Your business impact analysis is outdated, your recovery plans are untested, and your third-party dependencies are not mapped.
Operational disruptions cost financial institutions an average of $5.9 million per incident. DORA non-compliance penalties can reach 1% of average daily worldwide turnover.
Go from untested continuity plans to a structured resilience programme with every critical service mapped, every scenario tested, and every recovery procedure documented and rehearsed.
Operational resilience programmes from Big Four firms cost $200,000 to $750,000. DORA gap assessments alone run $50,000 to $100,000. This playbook gives you the same structured methodology, tools, and frameworks for a fraction of the cost.
WHAT IS INSIDE: 62 PROFESSIONAL FILES
This is not a course, not a workbook, not a set of slides. This is 62 practitioner-grade tools (6 PDFs + 56 Excel workbooks) organised across 11 folders, built for professionals who need to implement, not just learn.
THREE-PHASE IMPLEMENTATION JOURNEY
Phase 1 – Get your bearings (02_Self_Assessment_and_Diagnostics): Start with the Quick Scan diagnostic PDF for a fast executive-level overview. Then work through the RDMAICS Scoring Dashboard and Maturity Radar to understand exactly where you are across all seven im
Phase 2 – Set concrete goals (03_Requirements_and_Goal_Setting): Use the Project Charter and Scope Statement to lock in what success looks like. The RACI Matrix and Requirements Traceability Matrix ensure every stakeholder knows their role and every requirement is
Phase 3 – Implement, track, and sustain (05_Project_Management_Forms onwards): Work through a comprehensive library of 60+ PM form templates covering all five PMBOK process groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. Every template is pre-co
210 ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS ACROSS 7 DOMAINS
Each domain contains 30 scored questions with automated maturity scoring. Run your first assessment in under an hour and know exactly where you stand.
• Business Impact Analysis
• Risk
• Business Continuity Strategy
• Disaster Recovery Strategy
• Business Continuity Plan Development
• Disaster Recovery Plan Development
• Crisis Management Operations
9 OPERATIONAL RUNBOOKS AND CHECKLISTS
Not theory. Not concepts. Step-by-step operational procedures your team can execute from day one.
• Crisis Response Runbook Phase Based
• IT Disaster Recovery Playbook Server and Database
• Alternate Worksite Activation Checklist
• BCDR Communication Protocol Handoff Matrix
• Role Based Task Guide Crisis Manager
• Role Based Task Guide DR Coordinator
• Third Party Vendor BCDR Integration Checklist
• Employee Accountability and Tracking Procedure
• Post Incident Recovery Handover Protocol
WHO BUYS THIS
• Professionals implementing business continuity and disaster recovery planning who need structure, not another generic guide
• Consultants who want to deliver a professional-grade engagement without building every tool from scratch
• Team leads and managers who need to demonstrate progress to leadership with real metrics
• Compliance officers and auditors who need documented, defensible processes
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
• 62 files, not a single PDF. This is a complete implementation toolkit.
• 210 scored assessment questions across 7 domains. Know exactly where you stand in under an hour.
• 9 operational runbooks. Not theory, step-by-step procedures your team can execute immediately.
• Built by practitioners with 25 years of enterprise experience across 692 frameworks.
• Used by professionals in 160+ countries.
Instant download. Open the first assessment. Score your organisation. Know exactly where to start.
Stop spending months building what already exists. Stop paying consultants $300/hour to create templates you could have today.
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Source: Best Practices in BCP Excel: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Playbook Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, Gerard Blokdijk
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