Business Recovery Plan Templates
A set of recovery plan templates covering IT disaster recovery, business continuity and crisis communication, plus a BCMS forms and registers workbook. Download instantly and customise for your organisation.
Recovery Plan Templates
Business continuity and recovery plans template plus a BCMS forms and registers workbook.
- 2 editable files · 1 Word · 1 Excel
- Instant download after payment, plus an email copy of your links
- Single-organisation licence: use across all your sites and staff
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- Business Continuity and Recovery PlansWord
- BCMS Forms and RegistersExcel
What are Recovery Plans?
Recovery plans are the operational documents that tell your teams exactly what to do when a disruptive incident occurs. They translate the strategic decisions captured in your business continuity manual into practical, step-by-step procedures that can be followed under pressure.
A comprehensive recovery plan pack typically includes an IT disaster recovery plan for restoring technology systems, a business recovery plan for resuming operational processes, and a crisis communication plan for managing stakeholder communications during and after an incident.
What's Included
Our recovery plan templates give you a structured starting point for a robust set of actionable recovery procedures. The pack includes:
- IT disaster recovery plan with a priority-ordered recovery sequence
- Business recovery plans for premises, suppliers and people unavailability
- Crisis communication plan with stakeholder contact templates
- Recovery procedures for critical business functions
- Recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) worksheets
- Activation criteria and escalation procedures
- Resource requirements and alternative site arrangements
- Stand-down and debrief guidance, plus an exercise debrief and lessons log
Why You Need Recovery Plans
Having a business continuity policy is not enough — your organisation needs detailed, tested recovery procedures that staff can follow when an incident strikes. Here is why these plans are essential:
- Helps your organisation resume critical operations within defined timeframes after a disruption
- Provides clear, step-by-step procedures so staff know exactly what to do during an incident
- Supports the ISO 22301 requirement for documented business continuity plans and procedures (clause 8.4)
- Reduces the financial and reputational impact of disruptive events through structured preparation
Without documented recovery plans, organisations typically experience longer downtimes, confused responses and significantly greater losses when disruptions occur. These templates give your teams the clarity they need to act decisively.