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Writing Incident Scenarios: An Operational Resilience Trend Returns

Plan B Consulting

How we wrote business continuity plans 20 years ago There was a time where if you looked at a business continuity plan, it consisted of a series of risk scenarios. These could include plans for flooding, fires, tornadoes, disrupted transport links, and even an incident at a nearby nuclear plant.

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Writing Incident Scenarios: An Operational Resilience Trend Returns

Plan B Consulting

There was a time where if you looked at a business continuity plan, it consisted of a series of risk scenarios. These could include plans for flooding, fires, tornadoes, disrupted transport links, and even an incident at a nearby nuclear plant. I like the idea of scenario planning.

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Dynamic Risks: Working Definitions and Implications for Risk Management Teams

On Solve

As a second example, a logistics and transportation company shared the following scenario: “On a Friday morning, we noticed many of our staff were not showing up to work, causing a major staff shortage. We describe implications, followed by a specific response framework. Doctrinal Framework. Assessment of Frameworks.