The professional practice that aims to measure the competence of individuals, team cohesiveness and the...

In CBCI 7.0 (based on BCI GPG 7.0), Validation (PP6) is the professional practice that confirms whether the BCMS meets the objectives set out in policy and whether the organization can actually perform response and recovery as intended. Validation does this through exercising, maintenance, and review, which collectively test and measure real-world performance—how competent individuals are in their roles, how well teams coordinate under pressure, and whether capabilities (plans, tools, procedures, resources) work to the required standard.

Solutions Design (PP4) selects strategies and solutions, but it does not measure competence. Analysis (PP3) identifies requirements (impacts, priorities, targets) and informs what should be validated. Enabling Solutions (PP5) implements solutions and develops response structures and plans, but the act of measuring team cohesiveness and capability effectiveness happens through validation activities—especially exercises and post-activity reviews that identify lessons learned and improvement actions.