Business Contingency Testing Plan
Instructions: In approximately 10-12 double-spaced pages discuss the planning steps, possible recovery options, and recommended testing requirements needed to support a successful business contingency/continuity of operations environment. Finally, the paper should include your recommendation for a proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan — what should be tested and how the test should be conducted. Perhaps ranking possible critical corporate assets with the type of testing (i.e., plan reviews, table-top exercises, or perhaps up to and including full blown backup and recovery tests) You should take into consideration costs associated with the recommended testing process — not only personnel and equipment but also production costs.
Prepare your paper in Word. Include a minimum of 5 sources. The citations and the reference list in the paper should be formatted in accordance with APA 6th edition guidelines. Note: Also include a cover page, a one-paragraph abstract, a table of contents and any appendix (if necessary), which do not count toward the regular length of the paper.
After it meets all of the stated criteria in the posting, attach the paper AND (if required) the originality report for IA2 in your Assignments/Dropbox in LEO. Instructors will be submitting all papers through Turnitin, a tool that checks for plagiarism—so be sure that all writing is original and all sources are referenced according to the APA guidelines.
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Grading Criteria
This assignment is worth 10 percent of your total grade.
Criteria
Excellent A (90+)
Satisfactory B (80-89)
Needs Improvement (below 80)
Content (80%)
Clarity ofplanning steps
The contingency planning steps addressed are thoroughly developed and clearly stated.
The contingency planning steps addressed are adequately developed and clearly stated.
One or more of the contingency planning steps addressed are neither adequately developed or clearly stated.
Clarity ofpossible recovery options
The possible contingency recovery options presented are thorough and complete.
The possible contingency recovery options presented are complete.
The possible contingency recovery options presented are incomplete.
Clarity of recommended testing requirements including proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan
The recommended testing requirements including proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan is thoroughly developed and logically presented.
The recommended testing requirements including proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan is sufficiently developed and logically presented.
The recommended testing requirements including proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan is not sufficiently developed and/or not logically presented.
Quality of documented support
The discussion in the paper is based on a thorough review of the literature.
The discussion in the paper is based on an adequate review of the literature.
The literature review presented in the paper is inadequate.
Form (20%)
Organization
The content is well organized with clear transitions among major subtopics.
The content is generally well organized with some improvement possible in transitioning among subtopics.
The organization of the content is confusing without clear transitions among subtopics.
Writing style
Graduate level writing is reflected throughout the paper, including accurate spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.
Writing is acceptable, a few errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and/or sentence structure.
Writing does not meet graduate standards. Unacceptable number of errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, and/or citation format.
Use of proper APA formatting
In-text citations are presented in proper APA format and all sources are identified in the reference list and cited in proper APA format.
Minor errors in citation identification and/or APA format.
Unacceptable number of errors in citation identification and/or APA format.
