Published: 06 March 2020
Use this workbook to allow participants in tabletop exercises on COVID-19 to follow along with the presentation and record their actions and observations.
Tabletop exercises test the effectiveness of procedures and safeguards in place to respond to and recover from specific threats. This workbook allows participants in a tabletop exercise on COVID-19 to follow along and record observations as they proceed through the exercise.
Executives can use this presentation of key findings to double-check their own tabletop exercises. The guide provides a generic template that can be used for COVID-19 and other crisis exercises.
Use this Toolkit to double-check your pandemic preparedness framework. The toolkit includes presentation slides and checklists for key functions such as HR, IT, business operations, and others.
Use this guide to learn about tabletop exercises and their role in business continuity management and lead a tabletop exercise on COVID-19.
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