Disaster Recovery Plan (DR Plan)

1. A disaster recovery plan (DR Plan) is a clearly defined and documented plan that describes how an organization is to deal with potential IT disasters. BL-DR-5 Click to know more Note: A Disaster Recovery Plan (DR Plan) is a document that describes how an Organization is to deal with potential disasters that will disrupt IT services. Related Term: Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery Planning, Disaster Recovery Team, Type of Plans. Related Useful Term: Cloud Deployment Model, Cloud Service Model, Data Protection/Recovery Strategy, DRaaS, Recovery as a Service. Disaster Recovery Professional Training and Certification BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1B: Foundation (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1C: Foundation (CM) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1CC: Foundation (CC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1D: Foundation (DR) Click to know more about expert level training (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. A clearly defined and documented plan which recovers IT and telecommunications capabilities when a Disaster does occur. Typically it covers key personnel, resources, services and actions required to be carried out to ensure that IT systems for Critical business functions can continue within planned levels of Disruption. For an Organization which relies heavily on IT, the DR Plan is an integral part of its Business Continuity Plan (BC Plan).

A Manager’s Guide to Implementing Your IT Disaster Recovery Plan

(Source: Singapore Standard 540 - SS 540:2008)

3. The document that defines the resources, actions, tasks and data required to manage the business recovery process in the event of a business interruption. The plan is designed to assist in restoring the business process within the stated Disaster recovery goals.

(Source: Malaysia BCM Standard MS1970:2007)