Business Continuity Institute (BCI) licensed 3 Day Training

Course Content: The course is based on the BCI Good Practice Guidelines and comprehensively covers all aspects of the business continuity lifecycle.

Module 1 – Policy, Culture and Programme Management: A successful Business Continuity Management (BCM) programme within an organisation's culture has to integrate with the strategic and day-to-day management of the organisation and align with its business priorities. Module 1 examines how BCM is integrated into an organisation.

Module 2 – Understanding the Organisation: Understanding your organisation is critical. Module 2 covers general principles, business impact analysis, estimating recovery requirements, and estimating threats (risk assessment). Although all areas of the business continuity plan are important, the steps in this section set the conditions for the entire effort and are critical.

Module 3 – Determining BCM Strategies: The process of determining and selecting appropriate continuity strategies can commence following the completion of the Business Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment. Determining BCM Strategy looks at the general issues with an organisation’s business continuity programme to protect its ability to deliver a product or service. This session describes a range of tools to assist you to ensure the continuity of delivery of your products or services.

Module 4 – Developing and Implementing a BCM Response The aim of the various plans covered in module 4 is to identify, as far as possible, the actions that are necessary and the resources which are needed to enable the organisation to manage an interruption and BCM response, whatever its cause.

The course runs from 8.30 am to 6 pm Tuesday to Thursday. On Friday morning those taking the BCI Certificate will sit the exam between 10 am and 12 pm.