When I first became concerned about the virus in early January, I asked our business continuity leader (VP level) what our plans were in case things progressed like in China. I was told that we had a pandemic plan in place from 2009, and that "nothing had changed."
I'm well versed in DR/BCP, and I was amazed. The idea that someone thought our business operations, staffing, and technology hadn't changed in 11 years was amazing.
What's sad is that we once had a robust DR/BCP plan that was thoroughly tested on a yearly basis. Over the last 12 years that has slowly been whittled down as a waste of time and money. Kind of like how California had all those mobile hospitals that were dumped by Gov. Brown during a financial crisis.
Chicago may have a "confidential" plan, but the State of Illinois has a public plan [1] which they finished updating March 2 after participating in the "Crimson Contagion" exercise last year. I personally think that the state and Chicago are handling things pretty well, relatively speaking [2].
> It’s not the only one being used. Local governments have their own playbooks, including Chicago, which honed its plan as part of a federal drill last year called Crimson Contagion that imagined a viral pandemic jumping from China to Chicago, then sweeping America.
> Chicago’s health commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, said the city made 2019 “the year for pandemic planning,” modeling various scenarios to see how the city and its hospitals could manage.
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I'm well versed in DR/BCP, and I was amazed. The idea that someone thought our business operations, staffing, and technology hadn't changed in 11 years was amazing.
What's sad is that we once had a robust DR/BCP plan that was thoroughly tested on a yearly basis. Over the last 12 years that has slowly been whittled down as a waste of time and money. Kind of like how California had all those mobile hospitals that were dumped by Gov. Brown during a financial crisis.
Shortsightedness is the norm these days.
I’ve been in situations where outsiders, clients or stakeholders want to know there is one... but don’t necessarily care about the content. Eek.
What’s the saying? Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face?
> It’s not the only one being used. Local governments have their own playbooks, including Chicago, which honed its plan as part of a federal drill last year called Crimson Contagion that imagined a viral pandemic jumping from China to Chicago, then sweeping America. > Chicago’s health commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, said the city made 2019 “the year for pandemic planning,” modeling various scenarios to see how the city and its hospitals could manage.
[1] http://www.dph.illinois.gov/sites/default/files/publications...
[2] https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-pande...