TESTING THE PLAN
Why test?
As the military often say, no plan survives contact with the enemy.4 Having said that, thorough planning and training will give you a better chance of succeeding and your business recovering and being available as soon as possible.
Rather than endure an emergency, it is essential to test the plan – or exercise it, as business survival professionals prefer to say, echoing the military – and learn the lessons. The point of a test is to practise and to learn. The more you test, the more you can continuously improve.
It is often said that a business survival plan is like a fire extinguisher – it sits inert, possibly for years, but must be there and working when needed. As a plan must work under all circumstances, not just ...
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