Disaster Avoidance

Definition

Disaster avoidance is the disaster recovery task during which steps are taken to avoid potential disasters.

Objectives

The typical objectives of disaster avoidance are to:

• Take steps that will lessen the probability that one or more disasters will strike.

Preconditions

Disaster avoidance can begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The project has started.
• The disaster recovery team is adequately staffed and trained in disaster avoidance.

Completion Criteria

Disaster avoidance is complete when the following postconditions hold:

• All planned disaster avoidance steps have been performed.

Steps

Disaster avoidance typically involves the disaster recovery team performing the following steps in an incremental, iterative, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Read the disaster avoidance section of the disaster recovery plan.
• Perform the planned steps to avoid the potential disasters listed in the disaster recovery plan.
• Update the disaster status report.

Techniques

Disaster avoidance can typically be performed using the following techniques:

• TBD

Work Products

Disaster avoidance typically results in the production of all or part of the following work products:

• The disaster avoidance sections of the:
  • Disaster Recovery Plan
  • Disaster Status Report

Guidelines

• Perform this task in coordination with relevant risk management, safety engineering, and security engineering tasks.