Question: how are you going to build and test your systems to survive unexpected disasters

Eloise Taysom answered on 14 Jun 2016:

That’s a really good question! I’m working on it…. I’ll use your school as an example to explain (it’s a big system with people and technology in it). In the future lots of things might happen that are difficult to predict, for example: government rules might change what your teachers are supposed to teach; climate change might raise the temperature; the number of people living near your school might change. Your school has to be able to be strong but also to change to accommodate some of these things (like accept more students or make the buildings cooler). Some of these things are really hard to test though until this stuff happens – it’s hard to know how resilient you are until stuff goes wrong.