Conducting Business Continuity Planning (BCP) exercises are a well-known means of validating BCP plans and engaging an organization in assessing their response to business disruptive events. One of the biggest challenges of planning a meaningful exercise that engages participants and results in a renewed understanding of recovery roles and improvements to the BCP plan, is to construct a fresh, relevant, and plausible exercise scenario. "Obtaining a good understanding of the organization's environment is essential for constructing a relevant and meaningful scenario."
Virtual Corporation is a Colorado-based consulting firm that provides services including business continuity and disaster recovery advisory for private and public sectors.