Effective Business Continuity Management
Course
In Niagara Falls (USA)
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Location
Niagara falls (USA)
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Duration
4 Days
This course provides an intensive, hands-on workshop covering all major aspects of Business Continuity Planning for corporations and government organizations. Suitable for: This course is designed for new or experienced business continuity planners, business unit staff and information technology staff who are involved in or manage business continuity planning functions.
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About this course
Minimum of 2 years business experience; working knowledge of English.
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Subjects
- Management
Course programme
Effective Business Continuity Management
At the conclusion of this course, participants should:
· have a solid understanding of the overall Continuity Management lifecycle
· have the tools and knowledge required to conduct Risk Assessments and Impact Analyses for their organization
· be able to guide their IT and business unit personnel through the development of practical and effective business resumption plans
· understand the advantages and disadvantages of plan development software packages and commercial recovery services
· know how to establish the organizational framework required to keep their Continuity plans current and viable
· have the tools and knowledge required to plan and coordinate effective tests and exercises
· know how to maintain support and commitment for the Continuity program
· have a solid understanding of Continuity "Best Practices"
- successfully write the certification exam for the "Certified Continuity Manager" designation
Topics covered include:
1. Business Continuity Lifecycle Management:
· The new realities of Business Continuity Planning
· Management's roles and responsibilities with respect to Business Continuity
· Establishing and managing a Business Continuity program
· How to evaluate, and maximize, the program's cost-effectiveness
· Generally Accepted Business Continuity 'Best Practices'
· Future trends in Business Continuity Management
2. Business Impact Analysis:
· Identifying critical business processes
· Determining impacts of business interruption
· Assessing the time-sensitivity of impacts
· Developing impact mitigation strategies
· Establishing the 'maximum tolerable downtime' of critical processes
· Determining minimum resource requirements for business resumption
· Preparing and presenting a Business Impact Assessment report
· Interview techniques
3. Business Resumption Planning:
· Establishing Business Unit Recovery teams
· Identifying planning assumptions
· Documenting recovery strategies and resource requirements
· Developing activity and task lists for each phase of the recovery
· Documenting tasks and compiling supporting information
4. Setting the Framework - Enabling your Continuity Program
· Overview of Continuity 'best practices'
· Setting corporate policies, objectives and budgets
· Assigning accountability for the Continuity program
· Establishing the Business Continuity teams
· Implementing an Incident Command / Crisis Management Framework
5. Keeping the Plan Alive - Validating and Maintaining your Continuity Program
· Maintaining and administering Business Continuity plans
· Auditing and evaluating Business Continuity plans
6. Testing, Training and Exercising a BCP Program
- conducting tests, training and exercises of the Business Continuity plan
7. Implementing the Program
· Selecting the Right ‘Vehicles’
· Obtaining Budgetary Approval
· Preparing the Program Content
· Launching the Program
· Managing the Ongoing Program
- Maintaining management support and commitment
Course Handouts:
· Print and Electronic Versions of all Presentation Materials
· Excel Spreadsheet tools for Risk Assessments, Business Impact Analysis, Strategy Evaluations, Awareness and Training, and more
· Word document templates and a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan
Additional information
Payment options: Discounts available. Courses to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Students per class: 30
Effective Business Continuity Management