T1: Design Profile (Master)

Testing Business Continuity Exercises

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

Master Design Profile

Explanation

This template is a checklist for developing test design profiles to help the Organisational Business Continuity Coordinator ensure that all aspects of the test have been considered prior to a test.

[Name of the Test]

Definition
Objective
Scope and Scale (Active/Passive; degree of involvement)
Components to be tested
Plans
People
Place
Resources
Success Criteria
Essential Pre-Conditions
Participants
Internal
External
Scheduling
Time of Test/Schedule
Duration
Frequency (mandatory/desirable)
Notice Requirement/Warning
Briefing of Participants
Scenario
Test of plan
Budget for test
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 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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