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Introduction

In today’s increasingly complex and interconnected environment, organisations must go beyond planning for disruptions—they must prove their ability to withstand and recover from them.

“Conducting Scenario Testing: A Practical Guide for Operational Resilience Implementation” provides a structured, practitioner-focused approach to executing scenario testing as part of the BCM Institute’s Operational Resilience (OR) Planning Methodology.

Designed for Operational Resilience team leads, coordinators, and professionals in business continuity and risk management, this eBook delivers a comprehensive guide to implementing Plan Phase – Stage 4: Conduct Scenario Testing, transforming theoretical resilience into measurable, evidence-based capability.

This eBook equips readers with the knowledge and tools to design, execute, and continuously improve scenario testing programmes aligned to regulatory expectations and industry best practices.

It bridges the gap between Critical Business Services (CBS), dependency mapping, and impact tolerance validation, ensuring organisations can confidently demonstrate resilience under severe but plausible conditions.

Inside this eBook, you will learn how to

• Design severe but plausible scenarios (SbPS) that reflect real-world disruptions
• Develop structured, repeatable scenario testing frameworks and templates
• Execute end-to-end testing of Critical Business Services (CBS)
• Identify vulnerabilities, interdependencies, and concentration risks
• Align testing outcomes with impact tolerances and regulatory expectations
• Integrate scenario testing with BCM, Crisis Management, Cyber Resilience, and Third-Party Risk
• Establish metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement mechanisms

As part of the BCM Institute’s professional development pathway, this eBook serves as a practical companion to the OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer course—a specialised, expert-level programme designed for professionals tasked with implementing operational resilience within their organisations.

Advance your expertise with BCM Institute

• Gain hands-on, implementation-driven knowledge through the OR-5000 course
• Learn directly from industry practitioners with global operational resilience experience
• Apply structured methodologies aligned to leading regulatory frameworks (MAS, BSP, BNM, UK PRA/FCA)
• Achieve a recognised Operational Resilience certification upon successful completion of the qualifying examination

Whether you are building or enhancing your organisation’s operational resilience capability, this eBook provides the practical guidance, structured methodology, and expert insights needed to transform scenario testing into a core resilience capability.

Are you compliant… or truly resilient?