Disaster PLan

Last Friday I wrote out my disaster plan. What would I do if....... Yesterday I had a chance to test my plan. My computer crashed.

I followed the plan, tested it. I found areas that needed fixing. I realised that my second laptop was needing to be brought up to speed and be able to function just like the first one. I also realised I needed phone numbers in my IPhone that I had relied on finding on the Internet.

It is good to have a plan that is documented and tested.

I had only just organised a 'cloud provider' to do data backup for me daily and had just purchased a separate external hard drive. I do the plan, I backup as planned.

As it turned out the problem was not major and was fixed within hours. I did not need to full plan to be implemented but I was ready.

I am about to move into a new office and will need to extend that disaster plan. New elements will come into play. There is another person involved now and he will need to be involved in that plan.

It is important to have a plan and to work the plan.