During crisis exercises, difficulties often relate less to the existence of a plan than to the ability to activate it under pressure.
The main obstacles generally concern:
Mobilising the crisis team and establishing clear governance,
Accessing essential information quickly,
Coordinating the crisis team,
And maintaining priority activities.
Effective continuity arrangements must be:
Easy to activate,
Quick to access,
Understood by teams,
And tested regularly.
Operational continuity depends as much on organisation and use as on the tools themselves.
Further reading: Explore crisis management software · Test activation in an exercise