Exploring disaster recovery parameters in an enterprise application

Business Continuity Planning entails the policies and procedures that ensures the continuity of the business in an enterprise in case of an unplanned outage. Disaster Recovery is a subset of Business Continuity Planning and it focusses on the continuity of Information Technology systems. Disaster Recovery Planning process involves detailed study of business processes, risk analysis, determination of disaster recovery objectives, formulation and testing of disaster recovery strategy. There are numerous parameters that influence the disaster recovery strategy. The subject of Disaster Recovery is paramount important to the business organizations. There has been no study available in the literature that could provide a detailed list of parameters across various phases of Disaster Recovery planning process that influence the Disaster Recovery Strategy. In this study, a literature survey has been conducted followed by interviews of the industry experts from an enterprise application to explore various parameters. Total eighteen parameters were identified that influence overall Disaster Recovery Strategy. Out of these eighteen parameters, four parameters are found to be new as they were not mentioned in the existing literature.