FFIEC IT Examination Handbook BCM-VII.G: VII.G Exercise and Test Methods (Business Continuity Management)

Management selects exercise and test methods by size, complexity and business, using the more thorough methods to verify the plan's viability: full-scale exercises that recover business processes with full resources and validate internal and external interdependencies including transaction and functional testing, limited-scale exercises of specific functions or sites, tabletop exercises that walk through scenarios, and tests of specific components, periodically reassessing and updating the plans for business and environmental change.