The Disaster Recovery Handbook, 3rd Edition

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GETTING STARTED

Overview of the Project

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.

—A. H. WEILER

INTRODUCTION

The job of a business executive requires coordination of the many activities necessary to create a successful business. Markets must be analyzed, potential customers identified, strategies for creating and delivering products and services must be developed, financial goals established and reported, legislative mandates followed, and many different stakeholders satisfied. To ensure that these objectives are met, businesses eventually develop a series of processes designed to produce the desired result. But the world is a dangerous place. Earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, pandemics, snowstorms, fire, and other ...