Business Continuity Plan Scenario-based Exercise

Determining whether your organisation is disaster-ready goes beyond ensuring your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is current. Conducting a scenario-based exercise is an opportunity to test your organisation’s existing capabilities to respond to an interruption and ensure that your BCP is sound. It is also an opportunity to:

Test your response team’s ability and confidence to execute their roles
Validate any processes and resources that will be required
Build overall confidence and resilience in the face of unexpected challenges
Reveal any shortcomings and implement any required improvements

What's involved?

The scenario-based exercise is a facilitated 2 ½-hour session where participants are given the opportunity to rehearse their roles as per your BCP and organisation structure.

The session includes:

A brief introduction outlining the purpose of the exercise
An introduction to the scenario
A guided role play involving the participants to manage the event as presented
Post-scenario discussion on performance and opportunity to identify any improvements

Pre-session requirements are:

Copy of existing BCP
Copy of organisational structure

Who should participate?

Representatives of your organisation’s designated BCP Response Team

Risk and Insurance Managers
Relevant Operation managers It is also recommended to have a minute/note taker during the session to capture any observations or findings from the role play.

How it is delivered

Business Continuity Plan Scenario-Based Exercise is a facilitated two and a half hour session. Participants are expected to role play. The more realistic the participation, the better the outcome.