PANDEMIC PLANNING FOR BUSINESSES
PRACTICE DRILLS
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICE DRILLS
26.1
Practice is the only way to make sure employees know what they are doing and plans are ready. Here are some practice drill examples for business continuity plans. Practice preparedness thoroughly.
Schedule:
26.1.1
Desktop
practice to check contingency processes.
26.1.2
Minor
practice to test staff.
26.1.3
Major
full scale practice for a real life drill.
26.1.4
Practice
meetings/conferences remotely using videoconferencing or use conference calling services.
26.1.5
Practice
involving critical customers and suppliers.
26.1.6
Conduct
lessons learned/post practice exercise critique meetings/surveys
Some other ideas could include:
A. Communication Cascade - Ensuring a message can be relayed to key
BC Staff and filters down to ground level agents
B. Desktop Test - Scenario based test where you interview business continuity staff to
ensure they are familiar with their roles
C. Hotsite Test - Full Test ensuring systems, staff and processes
can be recovered into an alterative site.
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