---
title: Assign roles and responsibilities to recovery teams
description: Assign individuals and groups to the recovery team so they understand their roles and responsibilities during a crisis.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/roles-responsibility-bcp-recovery-team.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Structured workflows for Business Continuity Planning, Using BCM Classic Workspace, Manage, Business Continuity Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Assign roles and responsibilities to recovery teams

Assign individuals and groups to the recovery team so they understand their roles and responsibilities during a crisis.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_bcm.admin, sn\_bcm.program\_manager, or sn\_bcm.planner

## About this task

The business continuity planning workspace helps you complete your plan by creating recovery teams, defining roles and responsibilities, assigning members, and directing plan execution.

Starting with release 12.x.x, recovery teams are created and managed at a global level so you can reuse them across plans and events. Create the recovery team first, and then add it to the plan. For more information, see [Create and manage a recovery team](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/create-recovery-team.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Business Continuity** > **Business Continuity Workspace**.

2.  Click the lists icon \(\[Omitted image "ListsIcon.jpg"\] Alt text: Lists icon\).

3.  Click **In Draft** state in the Planning list.

4.  Click the link to the plan record in the **Name** column.

5.  Click the **Recovery Teams** tab of the plan.

6.  To add an existing recovery team to the plan, click **Add**.

    Select one or more active recovery teams from the global list and confirm the selection. If the team you need doesn't exist yet, see [Create and manage a recovery team](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/create-recovery-team.md) to create it, including its users, groups, and parent-child relationships, before adding it here.

7.  Click **Submit**.