Scenarios for Business Continuity Exercises. Were often asked for a list of scenarios that might be used for business continuity exercises and rehearsals. Were often asked for a list of scenarios that might be used for business continuity exercises and rehearsals. Relevant information about this document from Regulations. This information is not part of the official Federal Register document. Materials for the IFRS 9 Exercise Accompanying the 2017 Concurrent Stress Test. Scenariobased exercises, free professional business continuity templates and tools, download BS25999 and more. This page is to support the Policy, Plans, and Evaluation Divisions PPED overarching goals and strategic objectives for continuity in support of its branches. Were going to oblige below, BUT wed like to explain why we think that its literally the last thing you should think about when planning a rehearsal. A rehearsal is not about the scenario. As a continuity planner you probably know this already. Yet we all worry about finding the perfect scenario to challenge our plans and out delegates in a robust manner. We often feel were only as good as our last business continuity exercise, since these are often our public face to our organisations. However a well trained continuity planner or someone whos done our free course will tell you clearly that the scenario always comes last. Before you know what your scenario might be, you need to know Which plans is being testedWho is participating in the exercise What are the weak points of the plan What risks are highlighted for the plans in question When was the last time this plan was rehearsed When was the last time these people were rehearsedHow exposed do you want the delegates to feel How are you going to capture learningHow will you ensure the delegates are open to learning and taking responsibility for actions identified during the rehearsal What facilities do you have in the room How long can you reasonably book the delegates for How many times do you need to rehearse this plan per year These are just some of the questions wed ask in order to define the aims of the rehearsal. Only when you know your aims can you decide what you want to cover in the rehearsal and only when you know that can you decide on a scenario. Say, for example, you have 2. When you know that information you might decide that covering the basics of the plan during a flood situation might be more useful to everyone than coming up with a new and elaborate plot. On the other hand, if you have a crisis team whove rehearsed together many times with a plan they know well but which hasnt been robustly challenged for a year or two, you may decide you need to come up with something novel to get them thinking about the flexibility of the arrangements that they may have started taking for granted. Does that help explain why we think the scenario comes last, every time That said, were constantly noting nice little plot devices for our rehearsals to make them interesting and fun. And heres a little list of scenarios you might like to use if youre rehearsing plans for lack of access to a building, lack of people or lack of infrastructure, or if youre rehearsing your crisis management team. Rehearsing Lack of Access. Power failure. Road closure. Fire. Flood. Bomb. Water outage. Gas leak. Bomb alert. Structural damage. Area evacuation. Rehearsing Lack of People. Contagious illness. Strike. Transport outage. Marco Fireplace Owners Manual. Building closure see lack of access columnUsing recovery location. Rehearsing Lack of Infrastructure. Power outage. Gas outage. Water outage. IT network outage. Loss of IT files. Technology connection outage. Loss of data. System application outage. Telecoms outage. Flood. Rehearsing Crisis Management Response. Anything in any other listThreats e.