Developing a Test Plan

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Update Procedures

To maintain a consistent view of this plan, you should list the responsible plan's authors and editors, along with the location of each plan per author/editor, as shown in Table D.14.

The location of the electronic components of a DR plan should also be recorded, as shown in Table D.15.

Table D.14: Example of a List of Plan Authors and Editors

PLAN AUTHOR/EDITOR/DATE LAST EDITED	DOCUMENT NAME/ PURPOSE	LOCATION: (P)APER/(E)LECTRONIC
D.C. / D.L./12-09-02	DR Plan	P-Off-site E-SERV/PATH/DOCNAME
D.C./K.W./01-01-03	Backup Plan/Backup and Recovery Strategies	P-On-site/Off-site E-SERV/PATH/DOCNAME

Table D.15: Example of a Location List for Electronic Components of a DR Plan

PURPOSE	DOCUMENT NAME (P)APER/(E)LECTRONIC	LOCATION(S)	LAST UPDATED	OWNER
Disaster Recovery	P-DR Plan E-DR_120502.doc	P-Room 1202 E-Server/Path/Document	08-19-02	J. Dekrator
Oracle Recovery	P-Oracle Recovery Guide E-ORA_RG.doc	P-DBA Filing Cabinet and Off-site Vendor E-Server/Path/Document	08-30-02	D. Alvish
Ops Guide	P-NBU Operations E-NBUOPS.doc	P-NONE E-Server/Path/Document	11-20-02	T. Traansman
BIA for Sales	P-BIA Assessment for Sales Division E-BIA_SALES.doc	P-USA Bank Safe Deposit Box E-Server/Path/Document	3-19-02	A. Prenzes

Determine your company's policy for updates and list them here. Perhaps your company will choose to update every six months or annually at the very minimum. The wording need not be exhaustive; be simple and concise to reduce complexity. The following is an example of a brief statement you might include in your company's DR testing policy plan:

The DR plan must be reviewed and updated annually at the very minimum. All members of the DR team should participate in the review and update of the plan. The next planned meeting is December 14, 2003. The Management Team will be responsible for sending out a reminder email as the date approaches.

Note that the paragraph indicates the next scheduled meeting. This is very important to maintain a consistency in your testing, review, and maintenance of your DR plan.

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