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T1: Design Profile (Master)

Written by Suhana Sunreh | May 27, 2020 12:04:36 PM

Testing Business Continuity Exercises

This is a series of useful templates that you can use to develop the  Testing and Exercise program.

Master Design Profile

IC_TE_DesignProfile_MasterExplanation

This template serves as a checklist for developing test design profiles, helping the Organisational Business Continuity Coordinator ensure that all aspects of the test have been considered before execution.

[Name of the Test]

 

Exercise Information

Objective

  

Type of Exercise

  

Scope and Scale

  
  • Active
  
  • Passive
  
  • Degree of involvement
  

Components/Element to be tested

  
  • Plans 
  
  • People
  
  • Place 
  
  • Resources
  

Success Criteria

  

Essential Pre-Conditions

  

Participants

  
  • Internal 
  
  • External
  

Conduct of Exercise

Date

  

Time of Exercise

  
  • Start Time
  
  • End Time
  

Duration

  

Location

  

Frequency

  
  • Mandatory
  
  • Desirable
  

Notice:  Warning Requirement

  

Briefing of Participants

  

Scenario

  

Write Test Plan

  

Budget for the Exercise

  

Execution/ Monitoring

  

Controllers

  

Document

  
  • Documentation (capable of audit) , Track events and degree of success
  

Review/ Measure

  

Post-Mortem Meeting

  

Report/ Output

  

Post-Test Actions (documented) –link to maintenance/reporting

  

Maintenance/ Follow-Up

  

Make amendments to the plan as required.

  

 
Source

Goh, M. H. (2006). Testing and Exercising Your Business Continuity Plan. Business Continuity Management Series (2nd ed.). Singapore: GMH Pte Ltd.

Extracted from "Chapter 23: T1: Design Profile (Master)"

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