02 — Capability · BC-830.50
Exercising & Continuous Improvement
Find out whether the plans work before an event does, and feed what the exercises and real events teach back into the plans.
- Continuity Testing
- Tabletop Exercises
- Post-Incident Review
In scope
- Exercise program from tabletop to full rehearsal
- Post-exercise and post-event review
- Corrective action tracking
- Program maturity assessment
Out of scope
- Technical failover tests of IT systems (see BC-730)
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Decomposes into · 4
- BC-830.50.10Exercise ProgramRun a planned mix of discussion-based and live exercises each year so every critical plan and crisis role gets tested, not just the convenient ones.
- BC-830.50.20Post-Event ReviewAfter an exercise or a real event, establish what worked, what did not and why, with the people who were there and without blame.
- BC-830.50.30Improvement Action TrackingTurn each lesson into an owned, dated change to a plan, a capability or a contract, and confirm it was made.
- BC-830.50.40Program Maturity AssessmentMeasure the continuity program against a recognized standard and the organization's own appetite, and report the gaps to leadership.