Business Continuity Planning Kit

The Business Continuity Planning Kit gives organizations a structured Excel toolkit for preparing against operational disruptions. The workbook covers business impact analysis — identifying critical processes, their recovery time objectives, and dependencies. Recovery strategy worksheets document the specific steps your team takes to restore operations for each critical function.

Emergency contact directories, escalation trees, and communications checklists are included so your team knows exactly who to call and in what order during an incident. The kit is designed to be completed during planning phases and then referenced quickly under pressure. For organizations also managing IT-specific continuity needs, see our [incident response plan template](/templates/incident-response-plan) and the broader [internal audit checklists](/templates/internal-audit) for testing your plans.