Developing a Business Continuity Plan

Now that you understand what business continuity planning is and how it can help your station, you're ready to learn the nuts and bolts of creating a local plan.

Described in the simplest possible terms, developing a business continuity plan is a six-step process:

1. Build a team.
2. Define scenarios.
3. Make decisions.
4. Document your plan.
5. Get the word out.
6. Maintain your plan.

When you complete these steps in this order, subsequent steps benefit from the information gathered in the previous ones. This means that the cornerstone supporting the whole process is Step 1: build a team.