Align exercise expectation and set objectives
Define success criteria
Define scope of exercise
Develop exercise scenario and exercise plan
Develop exercise script as well as return to normalcy procedures
Review DR procedure
Review test scripts
Plan for schedule of exercise
Plan for exercise activities and logistics
Review requirements and pre-exercise planning
Conduct pre-exercise briefing
Update DR Documentation
n Plan rehearsal task plan and resource allocation (recovery teams) for the rehearsal
n Ensure recovery teams update DR documentation
n Dissemination of recovery tasks to recovery teams and expectations
n Dissemination of recovery procedure to recovery teams
n Monitor recovery process and update recovery progress log
n Track recovery issues and ensures workarounds with documentation
n Consolidate technical issues and resolutions and provide summary of rehearsal (post-mortem)
n Establish follow-up actions with recovery
n Arrange for post mortem meeting with recovery teams
n Provide rehearsal result report of achieving rehearsal objectives, issues observed and resolution, lesson learnt, outstanding issues to be followed up
n Review and update DR Documentation
