Business Continuity

Yes, many have perfectly adequate response plans for a pandemic. However, if any material amount of spending is required to implement those pandemic response plans in 2009, such needs could easily slip IT actual spending into unfavorable “budget versus actual” territory by fiscal year end.

Prepare the CFO now by documenting the likely expenses that will be required if and when a worsening influenza condition warrants partial or full activation and deployment of your influenza readiness plans.

Discussions about potential project trade-offs, redirection of project building staff, the re-prioritization of project funding as well as large number of other suitable alternative business strategies may be analyzed once the CFO can digest the immediate impact on deploying a response plan.