"Rather than providing readers with only one perspective on testing contingency plans, Mr. Rothstein has taken the powerful approach of carefully assembling a panel of thirty professionals to contribute their unique expertise in 36 detailed chapters, 350 pages, covering such subject areas as:

	test planning and management, including management's role, budgeting, justification and politics
	test participants and resources, including professional development, human factors, the test team, self-assessment, the roles of vendors, consultants, auditors, clients, software
	testing methods, including walkthroughs, simulations, joint testing, surprise testing, real disasters as the ultimate test
	what is being tested, including business units, locations, data centers, voice / data communications, trading floors, local area networks
	any other practical considerations, such as test monitoring, first-time testing, feedback, reporting and follow-up; even a sample test plan is included.

"According to Mr. Rothstein, President of Rothstein Associates Inc., 'Testing is critical to any business continuity or disaster recovery program. Yet, most books in the field devote at most a few pages to testing. As publisher of THE ROTHSTEIN CATALOG ON DISASTER RECOVERY, the industry's principal source for books, videos, research reports and software, I have observed that recovery testing is the one subject area most often requested.'"