Continuity guide

Business continuity strategies: selecting practical alternatives

A continuity strategy defines how the organization will sustain or recover a priority activity within its time and capacity needs.

StrategiesOptions

Editorial review: August 11, 2026 · Adrian M. Westbridge

People strategies

Cross-training, succession, alternate staffing arrangements and access to specialized roles can address people dependencies.

Place strategies

Remote work, alternate sites, reciprocal arrangements or distributed teams may reduce reliance on one location.

Technology strategies

Redundancy, alternate platforms, manual workarounds and staged restoration can support different recovery objectives.

Supply strategies

Alternate suppliers, inventory buffers, substitute materials and contractual priority can reduce supplier dependence when appropriate.

Business continuity is organization-specific. Recovery priorities, legal duties, safety requirements, contracts, insurance terms and technical recovery methods should be validated by the responsible people in the organization.