Develop an Availability and Capacity Management Plan – Phase 1: Conduct a Business Impact Analysis

Author(s): Jeremy Roberts, John Annand, Derek Shank

Infrastructure must ensure there is sufficient capacity to provide availability for the most critical business services. This phase will take you through the following activities:

  • Create a scale to measure different levels of impact.
  • Evaluate each service by its potential impact.
  • Assign a criticality rating based on the costs of downtime.

Use this phase as part of the full blueprint, Develop an Availability and Capacity Management Plan.