FREE WORKING CHECKLIST · SMALL BUSINESS TEAMS

Before disruption hits

Review these ten decisions with your team. For every missing answer, name an owner and a due date. Keep completed copies private and accessible offline.

Business / location: ________________________   Reviewed by: ________________________

1. Who takes charge? Name the incident lead, an alternate and who can activate the plan.
2. How do we protect and account for people? Locate approved safety procedures and confirm the employee check-in process.
3. What work must continue? List the essential services and the minimum acceptable level of service.
4. How long can that work stop? Record tolerable interruption, recovery priorities and who approved them.
5. What does essential work depend on? Identify people, facilities, suppliers, systems and usable data.
6. What is the practical workaround? Name an owner, required resources and limits. Test it before relying on it.
7. Can we reach the right people? Verify staff, supplier and support contacts. Keep a restricted offline copy.
8. Who approves updates? Agree the audience, channel, message approver and next-update time. Use confirmed facts.
9. What proves we can resume? Set business and technical checks, reconcile manual records and name the approver.
10. When will we rehearse? Set an exercise date. Assign gaps to owners and verify corrections afterward.