Disruption Timeline

A Disruption Timeline show the expected sequence of events and associated costs according to the dependencies, consequences and time an money estimates you have entered.

One or more timelines may be shown, showing what will happen if:

All activities and resources are recovered at their planned Recovery Time Objective (RTO).
Activities and resources are not recovered. This is useful in determining what may happen if recovery time objectives are not met.
A threat with a limited duration lasts for exactly the expected duration. For example, a power cut lasts for its expected duration of one hour.
A threat with a limited duration lasts for twice its expected duration. i.e. the expected one hour power cut lasts for two hours.

Timeline Contents

Section	Description
Time Delay	The time after the initial incident when the event is expected to occur.
Event	A description of the event.
Immediate Cost	How much will be lost at this point in time as a consequence of this event.
Cost/Hour	How much is now being lost per hour as a consequence of all the events in the timeline. Note that if the value in the final row is not zero, it indicates that not all activities or resources were recovered by the end of the timeline.
Cumulative Cost	The total amount lost to date as a result of the disruption. Note that if the cost/hour is not zero in the final row, then the value in the final row is not the total cost of the disruption.

Notes

Any fixed costs associated with relocating an activity are assumed to be incurred at the point that the activity is disrupted.