4 Best Practices for Creating a Strong Business Continuity Plan

4. Gain management buy-in for your business continuity efforts. Show the return on investment benefits that occur when developing a strong plan, including those that go beyond typical business continuity. Explain, among other suggestions, that the planning process can be used to identify lower priority applications allowing IT staff supporting those applications to be cross-trained and deployed to handle more vital activities. This strategy decreases recruiting and job transition costs.