BUSINESS CONTINUITY FIELD GUIDE
Business Continuity Plan: A Practical Field Guide
From Disruption to Verified Recovery
A plain-English field guide for aerospace and precision manufacturing teams: make key decisions in advance, then make the remaining decisions quickly and prove the result.
- English · EPUB · First Edition 2026
- 7 Parts · 18 Chapters
- 7 blank forms (Appendices A–G)
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THE STAGES OF A REAL DISRUPTION
Seven stages, one recovery.
- Prepare
- Assess
- Activate
- Stabilize
- Recover
- Restore
- Improve
7 Parts and 18 chapters follow the stages of a real disruption, from preparation to lessons learned.
INSIDE THE BOOK
7 Parts · 18 Chapters
- Business impact analysis
- Continuity gap calculation
- Seven dependency domains
- Activation decisions
- The first 24 hours
- Return to normal
- Lessons learned and exercises
- Your First 30 Days action plan
ONE WORKED CASE
Follow one disruption from start to finish.
Calder Vale Precision Components, a fictional precision machining company, loses a critical spindle on a machining center. The case runs through the book, from the first decisions to verified recovery.
All companies and events in the worked case are fictional.
IN THE BOOK
Written for the people who have to act.
Where this breaks
Monday morning
Field note
Plus a chapter on the auditor's view.
APPENDICES
7 blank forms you may copy for use inside your own organization.
- A · Critical Function Register
- B · Dependency Map
- C · Continuity Gap Calculator
- D · Activation Decision Record
- E · Event Log and Recovery Action Tracker
- F · Recovery Gate Checklist
- G · Return-to-Normal and Lessons Learned Review
- H · Glossary
The forms are part of the book.
WHO IT'S FOR
For teams in aerospace and precision manufacturing.
- Quality managers
- Operations and plant managers
- Program managers
- Internal or second-party auditors
No prior business continuity training needed.
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Independent practical guide
This book refers to AS9100D and ISO 22301 by name and clause number but does not reproduce their text. It is an independent practical guide, not legal, insurance or regulatory advice. All companies and events in the worked case are fictional.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by SAE, IAQG or ISO.
FROM DISRUPTION TO VERIFIED RECOVERY
Make the decisions before the bad morning.
Business Continuity Plan: A Practical Field Guide
English · EPUB · First Edition 2026
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