Scenario-based Crisis Management Exercising

Laure Molinier

Scenario analyses are the cornerstone of different risk management processes within financial institutions. This chapter will explore the different scopes and purposes of scenario analyses. We will show the benefits of an integrated approach across risk management disciplines and for business continuity (BC) managers.

INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SCENARIO ANALYSES

Scenarios are widely used by financial institutions

Business continuity practitioners will be familiar with the development of stories to support their testing and crisis management exercising strategy, and we will develop the importance of a good storyline to an effective exercise a little later on. However, what might be less visible depending on the role within the organisation is that several other teams also analyse scenarios with different scopes and purposes.

Scenario analyses are one of the main elements in the calculation of economic capital for operational risk under the Basel II supervisory framework.11 Basel II (Revised International Capital Framework). Those institutions that have opted for the advanced measurement approach (AMA) will need to identify and quantify the potential financial impact of a

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