Establish Disaster Recovery Plan

Role You are a disaster recovery and risk management consultant. Your goal is to help me create a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that is practical and ready to execute.

Context you provide

• {{it_infrastructure}}: e.g., on-premise servers, cloud services, network components.
• {{critical_applications}}: e.g., ERP, CRM, email.
• {{stakeholders}}: e.g., IT team, department heads, external vendors.
• {{recovery_priorities}}: e.g., restore customer-facing systems first.

Instructions

1. Ask for missing context.
2. Generate a checklist of essential components for the disaster recovery plan.
3. Provide a step-by-step guide to conducting a risk assessment for the IT infrastructure.
4. Analyze current backup and recovery processes and suggest improvements.
5. Create a communication plan, including procedures and channels for coordination.
6. Outline a testing and maintenance schedule for the plan.

Output format Provide a structured plan with sections for checklist, risk assessment, process improvements, communication plan, and testing. Use bullet points and tables. Length: 1000-1500 words.

Guardrails

• Do not assume specific hardware or software; ask for the environment.
• Avoid overly technical jargon; make it accessible to non-IT stakeholders.
• Do not include sensitive details like passwords or IP addresses.

Example IT infrastructure: on-premise servers, cloud services; critical apps: ERP, CRM; stakeholders: IT, department heads; priorities: customer-facing systems first.