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Disaster Contingency Planning (DCP) results
The study of the provision of disaster contingency planning facilities for downsized computer applications was part of an Open University (OU) computing for commerce and industry (CCI) master of science (MSC) degree. This research, which was consisted of both an in depth questionnaire and follow up case studies based upon UK local authorities, produced a large number of interesting results.A selection of these results can be viewed by using the links below. However, the most important part of this one year OU research project within the computing for commerce and industry (CCI) programme, was the number of important lessons that could be learnt.
If you wish to find out what these lesson are, you will need to purchase a copy of the report. To find out how to purchase a copy of the report, have a look at our 'how to order a copy of the report' page.
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Survey respondents
Types of downsized operating systems
Reasons for downsizing
Level of continuity planning in downsized systems
Faults with downsized applications
Factors affecting downsizing
Awareness of issues relating to downsizing and DCP
Disaster prevension (DP) case studies
Disaster Contingency Planning (DCP) case studies
Lessons learnt from the research
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