A service-continuity contingency and recovery plan is bound to change constantly if
it is to remain in line with the changes in technology in use and the changing
priorities of the school. Once you have started to make contingency and recovery
plans, you must review them frequently both to enhance them and also to make sure
that they are up to date.
A good way of reviewing what you have done is to rehearse it.
- Invent a scenario that would cause the invocation of the recovery plan and
pretend that it has happened.
- Involve the whole recovery team (if you have one at this stage).
- Go through the steps on the recovery plan.
- Ask for feedback from the recovery team afterwards.
- Note any confusion or delay that occurs, so that you can improve the plan.
- Carry out a further role-play: project into the future and imagine what day-to-day
ICT functions would be required urgently. Do the priorities in the recovery plan
need to change? Is anything missing?
