The Importance of Business Continuity Management Drills

It’s a fact; business continuity management programs (BCM) that consistently perform well-planned exercises get better results when dealing with real crisis situations. After all, you never know when a disruption will take place, so ensuring you run business continuity management drills can greatly improve your team’s ability to adequately respond when they need to.

BCM Drills: Practice Makes Perfect

Running business continuity management drills is a key role for any business continuity program leader. Drafting BCM plans and making sure they work effectively in a crisis are two wildly different things. Plan testing is critical from a number of standpoints:

  • Team Building: Unlike many teams, business continuity teams frequently consist of cross-functional representation including a variety of individuals who do not typically collaborate outside their BCM roles. Most of these team members do not have formal training in business continuity, and they are not accustomed to working with each other. Exercises help team members get to know each other better to build relationships and trust. The more you know and work with colleagues, the more likely you are to take your role on the team seriously.
  • Team Training: As stated above, most BCM functional team members have…

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