If only one person in an office needs to use a system, for example, dial-up access could be arranged as a backup. In a more extreme example, if a group of staff members from a particular office needed to access a system, alternative temporary office space would need to be arranged. Selection of appropriate measures to meet the appraisal and estimate described above. Department demands When summaries have been prepared from the information collected, the manager of AIS will meet with the technology decision makers to review their needs. At this point the costs and feasibility of meeting a department's needs will have to be evaluated by the director.
Compromises sometimes become necessary to reach acceptable expense levels.
Each department's plan should be documented in detail and should include a description of procedures during emergencies as well as plans for testing the emergency procedures. Testing should be conducted annually. At the same time as Auxiliary Services departments are determining their mission critical applications, etc., a project to identify and equip an alternate computer room site will be started. While the final description of what equipment will inhabit this computer room must await the outcome of deliberations on disaster recovery requirements, the basic room construction, networking, etc., can be specified and brought to fruition. Increase end-user competency.