Many organisations have continuity plans that look complete but don’t work under pressure: unclear activation criteria, role confusion, missing dependency information, and escalation/communication steps that rely on individual knowledge. Exercises then become “tick-box” events that confirm the plan exists rather than whether it can be used.

This training module covers continuity planning outputs and operational readiness: how to structure and maintain continuity plans, how to organise response roles and communications, and how to design and run exercises that validate assumptions and trigger improvements. It assumes that BIA outputs and strategy decisions exist as inputs; it does not teach BIA execution or continuity strategy design, which are covered in the dedicated ISO 22301 modules.