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# Business continuity planning

# Business continuity planning {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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Business continuity planning helps you enact and mitigate risk at the time of an event. You can address and plan on the primary scope of the activities, documentation, loss scenarios, recovery teams, approvals, and so on. You
can then configure a structured workflow of your business continuity planning tasks in BCM UIB Workspace.

When you create a comprehensive business continuity plan for different possible disruptive scenarios, your organization is equipped to face a crisis or any adverse situation.

## Steps involved in creating a business continuity plan {#bcp-uib__section_cn1_bws_byb}

Creating a business continuity plan involves these steps:

* BCM program manager or planner creates a business continuity plan either from the Home page or the Planning record page in the List view of the BCM UIB Workspace.
* BCM program manager or planner adds additional details for the business continuity plan such as its scope, documentation section, recovery teams, related plans, and so on.
* BIA owner reviews the information and submits the analysis for a review and approval to the business manager for services or IT manager for applications respectively.
* Business manager, IT manager, or BCM lead review the details of the business continuity plan and approve it.
* Approved business continuity plan is moved to Approved and later, it is moved to the Archived state.
* Business continuity plan owner can generate the PDF of the plan and save a copy for reference.
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A sample business continuity plan workflow is shown in the example:

## Setup tasks for business continuity planning {#bcp-uib__section_sjg_1gy_1yb}

If you are the BCP administrator, you can view [Setup for a business continuity plan](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/KRFhews~hGqkBeY2UgG11g "The business continuity plan (BCP) administrator can perform certain administrative tasks that are listed in the General Administration section of the Business Continuity Management application.") for information on the BCP setup tasks.

## Creating a business continuity plan in Business Continuity Workspace {#bcp-uib__section_krr_tys_byb}

If you are the business continuity plan owner, you can create a business continuity plan in Business Continuity Workspace by using one of these options:

* You can navigate to the Planning tab in the Home page and select Create BCP as shown in the example.

  For the description of the cards and action buttons in the Planning tab of the Home page, see [Home page view](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/VQfVgABDPPsy2gy3KdTvow "The Home page in Business Continuity Workspace serves as the landing page of the BCM application.").
* You can also navigate to the List view and select New in the Planning records.
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To create a business continuity plan in Business Continuity Workspace, see [Create a business continuity plan](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/qRV4al4E3N_eQgBsLREE8Q "Create a business continuity plan in BCM UIB Workspace."). For information on managing tasks related to a business continuity plan, see [Structured workflows for BCPs](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/l9zr76xb0meLSq55WQDl4Q "Perform the structured workflows that are outlined in this section to create a business continuity plan in Business Continuity Workspace (also known as BCM Configurable Workspace).").