There are a number of free business continuity templates readily available to download on The Continuity Advisor.
You can customize the business continuity templates so they drive the most value for your organization. We want the templates to help you improve your business resilience so please do edit sections, remove sections or add sections to the templates.
As you go through the template, ask yourself what's best for your organization and what is the most effective and efficient way of delivering your goal.
If you would like more guidance with how to complete the templates then we have completed examples available in our Shop so you can see what a finished product looks like.
This includes examples for:
- Business Impact Analysis
- Threat and Risk Assessment
- Business Continuity Plan
- Department Phone Tree
- Phone Tree Test Report
- Business Continuity Exercise Report.
We find completed examples reduce the time it takes to complete a template.
In addition to the completed examples, we have a series of short bite-sized webinars in our Shop that provide a guide for how to complete the templates.
We used screen capture so that we could share our screen and provide you with context, guidance and options for how to customize the templates. We also used a webcam so the webinars are more engaging.
Recorded webinars allow you to complete the templates at your own pace and refresh your knowledge anytime.
The Continuity Advisor was launched by Alastair Lee as a personal website in 2014 to provide small and medium-sized organizations with free business continuity templates to help start their business continuity programme. Al is passionate about business continuity and thoroughly enjoys working in this field. We sincerely hope the templates save you time and help you improve your business resilience.
If you are new to business continuity and would like a quick and simple introduction to the subject then please have a look at our video on YouTube. We also recommend looking at the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) website; the BCI have done some amazing videos and you can also find these on YouTube.
“I have witnessed Alastair transform Business Continuity in two very different organisations with enormous skill and consideration and he adapts his skills to different operating contexts seamlessly. He takes time to understand the priorities of those he works with and identify solutions that will work for them and deliver benefits. He can educate senior Boards in business continuity and also get very hands on at operational levels as needed.
Alastair stays ahead at the leading edge of business continuity best practice and brings key learnings back in to the workplace with a solution bearing attitude. He works so tirelessly and in particular when in crisis mode – I have seen him navigate crises ranging from helping people at risk travelling in war zones and dealing with sensitive navigation of suicides; his resilience and compassion to support others is impressive."
"I have worked with many within the business continuity world in my 20 years but Alastair’s commitment and professionalism stands him apart. He has transformed the way in which we deal with business continuity. He hit the ground running realising the amount of work in front of him but not deterred in any way. He has written detailed plans for events and has organized table top exercises with different scenarios ensuring that we are ready to deal with an incident.
He communicates extremely well and everyone that I work with has the greatest respect for him. I am greatly reassured that we have someone of Alastair’s caliber to help plan and guide us.”
