Design Profile (Master)

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Design Profile (Master) Template

This template is a checklist for developing test design profiles to help the Organisation BCM Coordinator ensure that all aspects of the test have been considered before a test.

Exercise Information

Design Profile (Master)
  • Objective
  • Type of Test
  • Scope and Scale
    • Active
    • Passive
    • Degree of involvement
  • Components to be tested
    • Plans
    • People
    • Place
    • Resources
  • Success Criteria
  • Essential Pre-Conditions
  • Participants
    • Internal
    • External

Conduct of Exercise

  • Time of Test/Schedule
  • Duration
  • Frequency
    • Mandatory
    • Desirable
  • Notice Requirement/Warning
  • Briefing of Participants
  • Scenario
  • Write Test Plan
  • Budget for Test

Execution/ Monitoring

  • Controllers

Documentation and Post-Exercise Actions

Exercise Report

  • Documentation (capable of audit) -Track events and degree of success

Review/ Measure

  • Post-Mortem Meeting

Post Exercise Action Plan

  • Post-Exercise Actions (documented) – link to maintenance/reporting

Maintenance/ Follow-Up

  • Make amendments to the plan as required