Contingency Plan Template

20-page Contingency Plan Template in MS Word, and 9 Excel spreadsheets. Use this template to write your first contingency plan. It includes helpful explanatory text that walks you through the process of setting up your first contingency plan project. You can change everything in the document – text, images, and tables. There are no special plug-ins, macros, or installation files. Just download the templates and get started.

Table of Contents

The Table of Contents of this Contingency Plan template is as follows:

1. Introduction
1.1. Document Overview
1.2. Purpose
1.3. Applicability
1.4. Scope
1.4.1. Planning Principles
1.4.2. Assumptions
1.5. Relationship to other plans

2. Concept of Operations
2.1. System Description
2.2. Line of Succession
2.3. Responsibilities
2.4. Testing and Maintenance
2.4.1. Tabletop Testing
2.4.2. Technical Testing

3. Notification and Activation Phase

4. Recovery Operations
4.1. Recovery Goal #1
4.2. Recovery Goal #2
4.3. Recovery Goal #3

5. Return to Normal Operations
5.1. Original or New Site Restoration
5.2. Concurrent Processing
5.3. Plan Deactivation

6. Appendix A: Contingency Plan Approval

7. Appendix B: Definitions

7.1. Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

Technical Details

• Page Count – 20 Pages
• Word Count – 3962 words
• Language – US English

File Formats & Contents

The templates are in Microsoft Word and Excel format.

• Contingency Plan Template Blue Theme in MS Word .DOCX format.
• Contingency Plan Template Red Theme in MS Word .DOCX format.
• Contingency Plan Template in MS Word .DOT format.
• Contingency Plan Template PDF Sample.

9 x MS Excel spreadsheets

• Risk Log
• Risk Register
• Risk Plan
• Status Report
• Checklist
• Document Plan
• Failure Analysis
• Questionnaire
• Contingency Plan Budget