A tailored business continuity plan for a one-person business. Copy it into your working system and replace every bracketed prompt.
Business Continuity Plan
1. Critical services
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for critical services.]
2. Emergency access
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for emergency access.]
3. Backups and restoration
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for backups and restoration.]
4. Customer communication
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for customer communication.]
5. Financial obligations
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for financial obligations.]
6. Temporary operator instructions
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for temporary operator instructions.]
7. Test schedule
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for test schedule.]
8. Final commitment
[Next action, owner, due date, and review date.]
Quality check
- Facts are separated from assumptions.
- Scope and exclusions are explicit.
- Every commitment has an owner and date.
- The document is stored where the work happens.
