ISO 22301 — Practical worksheet

Practical learning

Turn a business-impact analysis into recovery priorities and a continuity exercise. Record dependencies, interruption tolerances, recovery objectives and exercise findings; an untested plan does not demonstrate recoverability.

Learning outcomes: connect business impact analysis to recovery priorities, continuity strategies and exercises. Use a dependency map, service interruption scenario and recovery objectives. In the worked case, a backup restores files but the critical service remains unavailable because supplier access and staff authorisation were omitted. Revise dependencies and define a timed exercise with acceptance criteria. Assessment checks whether the test demonstrates the recovery objective, not simply whether the continuity plan has been signed.

Inputs for this worksheet

Use an anonymised, authorised example and identify the process, product or activity to which the exercise applies. Obtain the referenced edition or programme rules and record the applicable criterion before assessing a gap. Keep source records, assumptions and your proposed next action together. Do not submit confidential or personal records without permission; simulated inputs are suitable for this worksheet.

Check your evidence and its limits

Compare your answer with the stated evidence and failure case. A completed worksheet is a learning aid, not an audit report, an accredited assessment, a certification decision or product market authorisation. Kayra can discuss preparation support or a related training need. Any real decision requires the applicable rules, competent people and the responsible organisation or authority; this exercise creates no professional registration or certification powers.

Official references

• ISO — 22301