3.4 Justification of Budget

By adopting a minimalist approach to the implementation of business contingency plans, it can be argued that justification of the proposed expenditure is not necessary, since the work has to be carried out, in any case. (see Section 3.3 - Calculation of budget).

The usual technique for justifying a BC planning budget is to conduct a business impact analysis.

If one or more vital business processes justify a 'high' level of BC resource provision, this same provision might then be available for the recovery of less vital processes which, on their own, might not have justified the higher level of expenditure. Justification, or setting of the 'correct' level of expenditure for implementation of business contingency plans, is an iterative process. Some previous experience in this task is helpful in arriving at the correct budget for a particular situation.