Business Impact Analysis Sample Template

Business Impact Analysis

Objectives

The purpose of the business impact analysis (BIA) is to identify which business units/departments and

processes are essential to the survival of _____________. The BIA will identify how quickly essential business

units and/or processes have to return to full operation following a disaster situation. The BIA will also identify

the resources required to resume business operations.

Business impacts are identified based on worst-case Scenario that assumes that the physical infrastructure

supporting each respective business unit has been destroyed and all records, equipment, etc. are not accessible

 Identify the organization’s business unit processes and the estimated recovery time frame for each

business unit.

Policy

Each Facility Business Continuity Planner shall perform a BIA on all business processes to determine the

criticality of these processes to ______________ and to determine what the impacts are to the organization if

those processes were interrupted. It shall identify the business process availability Recovery Time Objectives

(RTOs), business process Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), key business processes and the associated risks if

these processes were not available.

Scope