1. Prepare the scenario
Choose an incident, define business context, identify the participating functions and set objectives.
HOW IT WORKS
One scenario. Many perspectives. One team.
A realistic rehearsal connects the people who must make decisions together in a real crisis.
The rehearsal journey.
2. Introduce the crisis
Facilitators present escalating developments such as ransomware, customer impact and supplier disruption.
3. Practice decisions
Participants coordinate responses, discuss trade-offs and record actions and escalation choices.
4. Review the exercise
Facilitators capture observations, decision history, strengths and gaps.
5. Close the loop
Assign improvements, track owners and repeat relevant situations to see whether coordination improves.
Example: a ransomware crisis.
09:00: IT identifies suspicious encryption activity.
09:15: Customer-facing systems become unavailable.
09:30: Legal, communications and executives must decide how to respond to a threat of data publication.
10:00: The team weighs operational continuity, recovery priorities and stakeholder messaging.
After the rehearsal, the organization records gaps in escalation, authority and coordination, then assigns actions for the next exercise.
Build the team before the crisis.
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