The manager's guide to business continuity exercises : testing your plan / Jim Burtles, Kristen Noakes-Fry, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burtles, Jim, author.

Contributor:

Noakes-Fry, Kristen, editor.

Series:

A Rothstein Publishing Collection eBook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brookfield, Connecticut : Rothstein Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

You designed your Business Continuity Plan to keep your business in business regardless of the forces of man and nature. But how do you know that the plan really works? Few companies can afford the recommended full-scale exercises several times a year. In The Manager's Guide to Business Continuity Exercises, Jim Burtles, an internationally known expert, details the options for conducting a range of tests and exercises to keep your plan effective and up to date.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Copyright

Preface

Introduction

0.1 Definitions

0.2 Element Testing

0.3 Exercising

0.4 A Delivery and Service Regime

0.4.1 Distribution

0.5 Conducting Tests and Exercises

0.5.1 Testing

Chapter 1: Plans and Their Purposes

1.1 Areas of Responsibility

1.1.1 Plan Types and Responsibilities

1.2 The Plan Development Process

1.2.1 Design and Structure

1.2.1.1 Relation of Plan Type to Area of Responsibility

1.2.1.2 Purposes of the Plan Types

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Testing Your Plans

2.1 Capability and Confidence: Educating Personnel

2.2 The Five-Stage Growth Path

2.2.1 Desktop Exercise

2.2.2 Walkthrough

2.2.3 Active Testing

2.2.4 Command Post Exercise

2.2.5 Full-Scale Exercise

2.2.6 Frequency of Testing

2.3 Testing Plans and Procedures

2.3.1 Disaster Recovery Testing

2.3.2 Systems Recovery Checklist

2.4 Elements of Exercise Development

2.5 Background: Objectives and Purpose

2.5.1 Stating the Purpose

2.6 Buildup

2.7 Developing the Script for the Exercise

2.7.1 The Script Process Deliverables

2.7.1.1 Script Content

2.7.1.2 Interrupts

2.8 Quality

2.8.1 Realism

2.8.1.1 Methods for Achieving Realism

2.8.2 Scope

Chapter 3: Delivering a Successful Exercise

3.1 Exercise Coordination and Control

3.1.1 Potential Problems

3.1.2 Preparation and Practice

3.2 Safety: Isolation and Security

3.2.1 Creating Isolation

3.2.2 Setting Up Security

3.3 The Ideal Scene

3.4 Lessons: The Feedback Stage

3.4.1 Exercise Debrief

3.4.2 The Exercise Report

3.4.3 The Exercise Review

3.4.4 Full Sequence of Feedback

3.5 Tracking the History

3.5.1 Records and Reports

3.5.1.1 Records

3.5.1.2 Reports

3.5.2 Recording

3.6 Kick-Off

3.6.1 Announcement and Notice

3.6.2 Cautions.

3.6.3 Rules of Engagement

3.6.4 Keeping It Going

3.7 Advanced Techniques

3.7.1 The Command and Control Exercise Scale

3.7.2 Cabaret Exercising

3.7.3 The Bang and Echo Program

Chapter 4: Auditing and Maintaining the Plan

4.1 Steps in Review Process

4.1.1 Facilities

4.1.1.1 Facilities Testing

4.1.2 Resources

4.1.2.1 Resources Testing

4.1.2.2 Reviewing Dynamic and Stable Plan Content

4.1.3 Output Phase

4.1.3.1 Status Reports and Activity Reports

4.1.4 After the Reports

4.2 Auditing

4.2.1 The Audit Process

4.2.2 Rules of Audit

4.2.3 Policy

4.2.4 Compliance

4.2.5 Finance

4.2.6 Investment

4.2.7 Expenditure

4.2.8 Prudence

4.2.9 Purposes

4.2.10 Achievement

4.2.11 Claims

4.2.12 Concerns

4.3 Completing the Audit

4.3.1 Audit Checklists

4.3.2 Checklist Construction

4.3.3 Audit Reports

Appendix A: Estimating Evacuation Time

Appendix B: Developing Scenario Plot Lines

About the Author

Credits.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 12, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

9781944480325

1944480323

OCLC:

962150096