Business Continuity - UK Based

[BanditMrP]

Hi All,

I'm running a small UK-based limited company, and using B4A and B4i to develop with.

I have a small number of active applications, but businesses rely on these for their day-to-day activities.

They are stable - This is not a request to help develop.

I have been asked by one of my larger customers "What happens if you are involved in an accident" - what are your Business Continuity Plans for your customers in this scenario?

So... I'm looking for a UK-Based developer (or Company) - with a number of years of experience with B4A and B4i, who would be willing to be named as a contact in the DR documentation as someone willing and able to take over the software development in B4A and B4i. Hopefully it would never be implemented, but I need to plan something "Just in case". In the event of the Business Continuity Plan being implemented, the customer has a document detailing how to find the source, the version of B4A in use (currently 13.40) and access details for the Mobile Device Management system used to deploy apps to their users.

Any work you would subsequently do for them would be paid work - I am asking for nothing for free (except the permission to name you as a potential contact).

Please let me know if you would be willing to be a named contact in my Business Continuity documents.

Thanks in advance,
Ian

 

[Cableguy]

Interesting approach....
Best of luck

 

[hatzisn]

Hi All,

I'm running a small UK-based limited company, and using B4A and B4i to develop with.

I have a small number of active applications, but businesses rely on these for their day-to-day activities.

They are stable - This is not a request to help develop.

I have been asked by one of my larger customers "What happens if you are involved in an accident" - what are your Business Continuity Plans for your customers in this scenario?

So... I'm looking for a UK-Based developer (or Company) - with a number of years of experience with B4A and B4i, who would be willing to be named as a contact in the DR documentation as someone willing and able to take over the software development in B4A and B4i. Hopefully it would never be implemented, but I need to plan something "Just in case". In the event of the Business Continuity Plan being implemented, the customer has a document detailing how to find the source, the version of B4A in use (currently 13.40) and access details for the Mobile Device Management system used to deploy apps to their users.

Any work you would subsequently do for them would be paid work - I am asking for nothing for free (except the permission to name you as a potential contact).

Please let me know if you would be willing to be a named contact in my Business Continuity documents.

Thanks in advance,
Ian

I suppose there are two ways out of the problem. You either teach someone of your family B4X and sub-contract him some small paid projects to keep him warm and in contact with the language, or you hire a professional with salary to be your backup.

 

[Sandman]

Yeah, I can tell you're not getting a lot of understanding here in this thread. So I thought I'd chime in and say that I perfectly understand your situation and I agree with your solution. While I am not a candidate to have as a named contact, I hope you do find somebody for this task.

(For whatever it's worth, in your shoes I would actually be willing to pay the named contact a modest, yearly sum.)

 

[LucasHeer]

Would it be possible to get an overview of your projects? They sound very interesting!

Also, I am based in the US, but work/visit the UK 2-3 times a year. Would that be workable?

 

[BanditMrP]

Would it be possible to get an overview of your projects? They sound very interesting!

Also, I am based in the US, but work/visit the UK 2-3 times a year. Would that be workable?

Sorry Lucas, you really need to be UK based, it makes face-to-face a lot easier, because often Teams/Zoom won’t be good enough.

 

[BanditMrP]

Yeah, I can tell you're not getting a lot of understanding here in this thread. So I thought I'd chime in and say that I perfectly understand your situation and I agree with your solution. While I am not a candidate to have as a named contact, I hope you do find somebody for this task.

(For whatever it's worth, in your shoes I would actually be willing to pay the named contact a modest, yearly sum.)

Interesting point about the retainer, I’ve had a couple of DMs that I’m following up, but maybe something to consider if they don’t work out.