Maintaining the program and plan:
Testing, exercising, updating and reviewing

Exercising the plan

An exercise program should be developed so that over time the entity gains assurance that the business continuity plan will operate if and when required. This forward-looking exercise program is sometimes called an exercise universe.

The following template is an exercise universe.

Template: Exercise universe - Download

The following templates are for business continuity exercise preparation.

Template 1: Exercise preparation template

Template 2: Exercise preparation template

_{Explanatory material about exercising the business continuity plan, as well as a case study about a partial live exercise scenario can be found on these pages of the better practice guide.}