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ISO 22398:2013ISO
Guidelines for exercises
The full method for an exercise programme: policy, design, conduct, evaluation and improvement. It cleanly distinguishes awareness exercises, tabletops, functional exercises and full-scale exercises.
Official textWho it applies to
- Exercise directors
- Crisis team facilitators
- Auditors reviewing the test programme
Structuring points
- An exercise has measurable objectives, otherwise it is a meeting
- Evaluation is designed before the exercise, not after
- An exercise with no follow-up action plan produces no improvement
- Difficulty should ramp up progressively across years
Exercise programmes of every kind, from document walkthrough to full-scale simulation.