Total Contingency Planning for Disasters: Managing Risk... Minimizing Loss... Ensuring Business Continuity

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Summary: This book is a good logical layout of BCP.
Review: For the money, Myers's book on contingency planning should be on every BCP/DR manager's shelf. Its layout allows for quick review and easy reference, and the sample plan that can be used as a foundation to build your own plan. While nothing new comes out of this book, it is refreshing to see good, cost effective and logical fundamentals being written about. It's a back to basics approach to getting everyone educated and involved. The simple wording allows for the "not so computer savvy" manager to understand the issues. The only thing missing that I was hoping to read about is how BCP implementation & documentation will improve the day-to-day efficiencies in the workplace. He alludes to this fact, but should explore how to use this information to help sell the overall program.

Rating:
Summary: This book is a good logical layout of BCP.
Review: For the money, Myers's book on contingency planning should be on every BCP/DR manager's shelf. Its layout allows for quick review and easy reference, and the sample plan that can be used as a foundation to build your own plan. While nothing new comes out of this book, it is refreshing to see good, cost effective and logical fundamentals being written about. It's a back to basics approach to getting everyone educated and involved. The simple wording allows for the "not so computer savvy" manager to understand the issues. The only thing missing that I was hoping to read about is how BCP implementation & documentation will improve the day-to-day efficiencies in the workplace. He alludes to this fact, but should explore how to use this information to help sell the overall program.

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Summary: say what?
Review: This book is a complete waste of time. I understand the author's intentions in trying to create a 'cost-effective' and 'efficient' guide but I think he is totally out of grip if he thinks that an eight-day start-up period is an acceptable time-frame to get a technology dependant company back up and running after a disaster. An internet reliant company can lose significant market share after only hours of downtime! I understand that in some companies Dr planning doesn't recieve the attention it should from top management but that doesn't excuse the lame grovelling and coddling that this book suggests Dr planners should employ to further their agenda