ABSTRACT
Identifying Resources for the Planning Project Most network operations managers and voice and data communications managers are capable of performing the steps needed to recover communications following a disaster. However, they often do not understand the need for documenting the plan. The lack of a plan can create a problem if, in the event of a disaster, the key technical people are not available to implement it. It is not unthinkable that a key technical person might be injured in a disaster or might simply be on vacation halfway around the world. The point is that a properly designed recovery plan is written for someone else to execute, with the assumption that key personnel may not be available after a disaster. The plan must be documented to assure continuity in the event key personnel are incapacitated or unavailable.
