# What is an RPO/RTO readiness assessment?

## Direct answer

An RPO/RTO readiness assessment checks whether recovery objectives are realistic, documented, tested and aligned with business impact. It connects business continuity expectations with applications, infrastructure, operations, governance and recovery execution capability.

## What to verify

- Business impact alignment
- Application and infrastructure dependency mapping
- RPO/RTO realism check
- Recovery governance and test readiness
- Practical resilience roadmap

## FAQs

### What is the difference between RPO and RTO?
RPO defines acceptable data loss. RTO defines acceptable recovery time. Both must be aligned with business impact and technical capability.

### Why do RPO/RTO targets fail?
They fail when business expectations, technical architecture, backups, procedures and tests are not aligned.

### Is this the same as a disaster recovery plan?
No. A plan documents actions. A readiness assessment checks if the organization can actually meet recovery targets.

### What is the Growth Infra offer?
RecoveryShield translates recovery gaps into executive decisions and a practical resilience roadmap.

## Service page

https://growthinfra.org/recovery-readiness-assessment/