Disaster Recovery Project Proposal For Flooded Single-Operator Business

The project is being carried out for a single-operator business that was flooded recently during a flood in the high river. The project is to resume the services and operations of the business firm. There are 50 employees that are currently engaged with the organization. The disaster recovery project will include the set of activities that will allow the employees to carry on with their regular business operations and processes.

The project is being conducted for a single-operator business that was flooded recently due to flood in the high river. The office is on the ground floor and there are 50 employees engaged with the organization. There are four private offices on the floor along with 40 work stations, two bathrooms, and a kitchen. The IT Service Provider of the organization is external and the database is stored on the cloud (Lozupone, 2017).

The project includes the execution of the activities to resume the services for the business firm.

The members of the project team will carry out the following activities for the project.

• Analysis and planning activities to resume the services for the organization.
• Installation of the new systems and peripherals at the workstations for every employee to make them serviceable (Kadam, 2017).
• Integration of the new systems with the network architecture.
• Changes in the network architecture and connections (Kim, Lee & Kim, 2017).
• Installation of security devices and tools at entry and exit locations.
• Extraction of the data sets from the backup sources
• Testing and closure processes (Edwards & Cooper, 2006)

• Ability to allow the employees of the organizations to resume their business operations and activities.
• Ability to the employees to have their workstations ready with the computer system, network, and other peripherals connected.
• Ability to extract the data and information sets from the database repositories comprising of the backed up data.
• Ability to ensure that the security measures are installed in the organization for authentication and access control.
• Ability to test the integration of the devices and databases along with the networking channels.
• Ability to make changes in the network architecture.

• Project Proposal: The document will include an overview of the project and its associated details, such as risks, budget, timeline, etc.
• Project Plan: The document shall comprise of the details of the project planning activities, such as schedule, costs, risks, communication, stakeholders, quality, etc. (Lai, 2014).
• Integration Report: The document shall include the details of the newly installed system integrated with the cloud database, network peripherals, and other technical tools and applications.
• Test Report: The deliverable shall include the results of the testing processes and activities.
• Closure Report: The project completion report shall be provided as the final deliverable.

• Business Firm: Due to the flood in the high river, the business suffered from the loss and the conduction of the process will provide them with business continuity.
• Employees of the Business Firm: The employees will be able to carry on with their business processes and operations.
• Business Partners: The resumption of the services will allow the stakeholders to gain increased revenues and profits.
• Clients: The clients of the business firm will benefit from the project as they will be provided with the business services and operations.

• The project team members will not carry out negotiations with the vendors and the third-parties
• The members of the project team will not carry out the services needed from the municipal corporation, such as cleaning, water, electricity, sanitation, etc.

The disaster recovery project in the business firm will be carried out and implemented using a phased approach. There will be step by step activities conducted to implement the plans made in the analysis and planning phase of the project. The installation of the equipment and systems will be done from one workstation to the other. Also, the next project activity will be started only when the one preceding is completed successfully. There will also be use of agile methodology for project management to make sure that the implementation process is flexible and scalable in nature (Juricek, 2014).

The employees and stakeholders of the business firm will be kept involved during the project and their feedback will also be collected at regular intervals. This will ensure that the project results and objectives are achieved.

References

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Juricek, J. (2014). Agile Project Management Principles. Lecture Notes On Software Engineering, 172-175. doi: 10.7763/lnse.2014.v2.117

Kadam, D. (2017). Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for Financial Cooperatives in New Market Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2920431

Kim, S., Lee, J., & Kim, H. (2017). Long-term Disaster Recovery Plan in Japan and US: Policy Implications of Natural Disaster Recovery Plan in Korea. Crisis And Emergency Management, 13(3), 17-31. doi: 10.14251/crisisonomy.2017.13.3.17

Lai, S. (2014). A WBS-Based Plan Changeability Measurement Model for Reducing Software Project Change Risk. Lecture Notes On Software Engineering, 94-99. doi: 10.7763/lnse.2014.v2.102

Lozupone, V. (2017). Disaster recovery plan for medical records company. International Journal Of Information Management, 37(6), 622-626. doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.05.015