Backup Recovery
Essay by Yasim Abbas • October 9, 2016 • Essay • 436 Words (2 Pages) • 1,103 Views
A technology failure is something which disrupts the normal functioning of the system which in turn causes the project delay. We have seen in the past that technology failures have been largely responsible for failure or delay of the project which directly affects the organization. But now time has changed and we cannot be laidback in such circumstances as we now have solutions to tackle these types of issues. After implementing our Business continuity or disaster recovery plan our priority is to communicate the current situation to our team-mates and ensure that we are not behind our deadlines, thus coming back into the game. We can adopt many ways to keep the team on the same page some of which are discussed below.
- Face to face meetings
Face to face meetings are considered as one of the critical interface methods which keeps the team members informed of the current scenario. First step after BCP/DCP should be arranging a meeting so that further plan of action can be discussed in order to get back on the track. Team-mates can present any questions or doubts instantly and take notes which saves all the time which team can lose because of any confusion.
- Virtual conferences
Another way of communicating with the team is through virtual conferencing. This is one of easiest ways of team collaboration if we care about the physical location and want to save time.
Team-mates can be accessed and notified about the plans instantly through this tool, some of which also provides with the facility of recording sessions. Skype and GoToWebinar are some of the virtual conferencing tools that can be used in the process.
- Document development, exchanges, merging and version control
Documentation is one of the key aspects of team collaboration. It gives a detailed description of the plan of action and the steps to be taken to recover all the time lost. Documents can be exchanged via mails and we can use Google docs for merging and version control in order to have the various versions of the documents with particular identification.
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