Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Table Top Exercise Template

1 Use this Template as a guide for conducting your own Business Continuity plan Table top Exercise . Our Business Continuity professionals use this exact Template with our clients when we facilitate their exercises. If you should need any supporting expertise, please reach out. Business Continuity plan (BCP) Table Top Exercise Template 1 Business Continuity plan (BCP) Table Top Exercise Contents 1. Exercise Scenario: .. 2 2. Exercise Facilitator: .. 2 3. Exercise Monitors/Observers: .. 2 4. Participating Personnel:.. 2 5. Objectives .. 2 6. Logistics .. 3 7. Exercise scenario: Severe winter storm .. 3 8. Exercise Metrics and Findings .. 4 2 recovery Exercise : Severe winter weather at main office1 Date: TBD Type of Exercise : Tabletop Affected Function(s) / System(s): Main office functions and back up data center 1. Exercise Scenario: Severe winter weather that: a) Causes loss of access for personnel not onsite b) Causes those onsite to remain until roads are cleared by local authorities c) Causes loss of electrical power d) Causes loss of telecommunications services 2.

2 Exercise Facilitator: Name and Title of individual facilitating the Exercise and their Email address 3. Exercise Monitors/Observers: 4. Participating Personnel: 5. Objectives 1. Primary Verification of disaster declaration procedures Verification of functional recovery prioritizations Verification of recovery strategies Loss of the backup data center (discussion) 2. Secondary Identify weaknesses in the recovery plan Identify shortcomings in personnel recovery training Identify gaps in resources Identify areas of improvement in the overall recovery capability where possible through single system walk-through 1 Note: this Template is used for all scenarios and all types of exercises. A tabletop Exercise and severe winter weather are used as an example. 3 6. Logistics Conference Room # Web-Ex Documentation Each participant is responsible for their own copy of the recovery plan Exercise plan Observer grading sheets Post Exercise critique sheets 7.

3 Exercise Scenario: Severe Winter Storm Scenario Sunday night 9:30 pm: Winter storm watch is re-announced for area around the main office Monday 12:30 am: Snow and ice storm commences Monday 4:00 am: State of emergency is declared Monday 6:00 am: Announcements are made telling all personnel to stay home and not to drive Monday 8:00 am: Electrical power to the main office is lost Monday 8:00 am: Telecommunications services in the affected area are lost Monday 12:00 pm: No change Monday 5:00 pm: No change Tuesday 3:00 pm: Snow storm ceases Wednesday 5:00 pm: roads are clear enough to allow limited travel Thursday 12:00 pm: Electrical power and telecommunications services are restored. 4 8. Exercise Metrics and Findings 1. Primary Objectives Disaster declaration procedures Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Functional recovery prioritizations Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory recovery Strategies Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Loss of Backup Data Center - discussion Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory 5 2.

4 Secondary Objectives Weaknesses in planning Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Training Shortcomings Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory recovery Resources Metric Finding Outstanding Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Areas of improvement