What is Business Continuity Planning?

"The process of developing advance arrangements and procedures that enable an organization to respond to an event in such a manner that critical business functions continue with planned levels of interruption or essential change."

- Disaster Recovery Institute International's Glossary of Industry Terms

You will find many variants and (inappropriate) overlapping use of terms (Contingency Planning, Resumption Planning, DR Planning)

Business processes must be prioritized

Discuss Continuity vs. Resumption