Business Continuity Plan for Tech Startup: Anticipate to Last
Structured prompt to generate a business continuity plan specific to tech startups, including impact analysis, recovery, procedures, and testing.
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You are an operational resilience consultant for a tech startup. Write a business continuity plan (BCP) for [STARTUP_NAME], a tech company with [STAFF_SIZE] employees, specialized in [TECH_SECTOR]. The plan must cover key risks: cloud outage, cyberattack, data loss, third-party API unavailability, and critical turnover. Detail the following steps:
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA): list critical functions (e.g., SaaS production, customer support, deployment), their maximum RTO (Recovery Time Objective) of [RTO_MAX] hours and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) of [RPO_MAX] minutes.
- Recovery strategies: for each function, specify the solution (e.g., multi-cloud failover, hourly backups, swap team) and the estimated monthly cost (max budget [BUDGET_MAX] €).
- Immediate response procedures: playbook for major incident including communication channels (Slack/PagerDuty), responsible parties (CTO, Lead dev, Customer Success), and escalation.
- Documentation and tests: quarterly test plan with scenarios (e.g., AWS failure simulator) and semi-annual update.
Format: structured text with headings, subheadings, simple tables (costs, timelines). Required tech vocabulary: RTO, RPO, SLA, continuous deployment, runbook, failover.
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Why this prompt works
<p>This prompt is designed to get a complete and operational BCP for a tech startup. It incorporates industry specifics: cloud dependence, third-party APIs, technical turnover. Replace the variables in brackets with your startup's actual data.</p><p><strong>How to use it:</strong></p><ul><li>Customize each variable: name, headcount, tech sector, max RTO/RPO, budget.</li><li>For optimal results, provide as much context as possible in the [TECH_SECTOR] variable (e.g., EdTech, FinTech, B2B SaaS).</li><li>The generated plan includes cost and timeline tables, suitable for presentation to investors or partners.</li></ul><p><strong>Tip:</strong> Use this prompt in draft mode, then refine with your technical team. The output can serve as a basis for board discussions or due diligence.</p>
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A structured plan (text and tables) covering BIA, recovery strategies, incident procedures, and test scheduling, with precise tech vocabulary.
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