Year 2000 Business Continuity Planning

	Year 2000 Business Continuity Planning Is there enough time left to finish getting ready for the Year 2000 date change? Many companies are feeling the time crunch of this immovable deadline and have growing concerns that all of the identified work may not get done on time, or that some systems may not even be able to be fully investigated in time. Even if all the planned work is done, what happens if there are failures outside of an enterprise's control, or if something was missed or not tested adequately? In these situations it's time to shift from fixing the Y2K problem to containing it. Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is the process of ensuring that the organization's core business systems survive any Y2K disruptions caused by either internal or external failures. This "top down" approach focuses on a business's most critical processes: cash flow, data flow, and product flow, and identifies alternatives to the required systems. Disaster Recovery Plans and Contingency Plans that do not consider the special requirements of the Year 2000 are NOT adequate even though they may already be on the shelf. CoreTech's Approach CoreTech Consulting Group, Inc. applied specialized Year 2000 planning methodologies that consider the unique nature of Y2K risks and provide a structured approach to identifying alternatives for a client's core business systems and processes. This approach takes full advantage of any existing contingency or disaster recovery plans and adds specific strategies to adapt them to the Y2K scenario. Where additional plans are needed, critical business processes are identified and the development of alternate strategies is prioritized according to a business critically rating. CoreTech's approach encompasses: executive management directives, business user involvement, business survival strategies, technology recovery/fix techniques, organizational awareness and education, crisis management procedures, and testing considerations. Additionally, Crisis Management Plans are developed to define the organization, tools, and procedures to handle the unavoidable problems that might occur around the Year 2000 date change. Features Provides the management reserve that may spell the difference between business survival and failure in the face of the Year 2000 date change. Provides a comprehensive approach that establishes clear alternatives to a client's core business processes that would be too costly to lose during the transition to the Year 2000. Can complement a client's efforts with focused expertise through workshops that provide: specialized methodology and templates, business process mapping, streamlined, no nonsense approach. Benefits Increased confidence that client enterprise will manage the Year 2000 date change event effectively. Dedicated CoreTech expertise completes the planning process with a minimum of disruption to the business's normal operations. Return to CoreTech's Year 2000 home page TOP [ About CoreTech ] [ Services ] [ News & Events ] [ Employment ] [ Home ] [ Search ] [ Contact] © 1999 CoreTech Consulting Group, Inc. All rights reserved.