TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of the critical success factor of disaster recovery planning for information systems
AU - Chow, Wing S.
AU - Ha, Wai On
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Purpose - Recent disaster recovery planning (DRP) literature has mainly focused on qualitative research, while neglecting the quantification of critical success factors (CSFs) for information systems function (ISF). This paper aims to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach - This paper first conducts an extensive literature review, and then identifies 62 DRP measurement items for ISF. A questionnaire survey, which is based on these 62 measurement items, is used for data collection, and 129 managers of DRP in ISF participate in this paper. Findings - Through the use of convergent factoring analysis, this paper identifies ten DRP CSFs for ISF, they are: DRP documentations, DRP steering committee and DRP testing, DRP policy and goals, DRP training, DRP maintenance and staff involvement, DRP minimum IS processing requirements, top management commitment to DRP, prioritization IS functions/services, external, off-site back-up system, and internal, and on-site back-up system. Originality/value - This paper determines success factors based on a set of decision variables gathered from an extensive literature review in DRP in information systems.
AB - Purpose - Recent disaster recovery planning (DRP) literature has mainly focused on qualitative research, while neglecting the quantification of critical success factors (CSFs) for information systems function (ISF). This paper aims to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach - This paper first conducts an extensive literature review, and then identifies 62 DRP measurement items for ISF. A questionnaire survey, which is based on these 62 measurement items, is used for data collection, and 129 managers of DRP in ISF participate in this paper. Findings - Through the use of convergent factoring analysis, this paper identifies ten DRP CSFs for ISF, they are: DRP documentations, DRP steering committee and DRP testing, DRP policy and goals, DRP training, DRP maintenance and staff involvement, DRP minimum IS processing requirements, top management commitment to DRP, prioritization IS functions/services, external, off-site back-up system, and internal, and on-site back-up system. Originality/value - This paper determines success factors based on a set of decision variables gathered from an extensive literature review in DRP in information systems.
KW - Critical success factors
KW - Disasters
KW - Information systems
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U2 - 10.1108/09685220910978103
DO - 10.1108/09685220910978103
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:70349106415
SN - 0968-5227
VL - 17
SP - 248
EP - 275
JO - Information Management and Computer Security
JF - Information Management and Computer Security
IS - 3
ER -