Details & Programme

This BCI Introduction to Business Continuity course provides delegates with the basic knowledge and understanding of the building blocks required for developing or maintaining a business continuity management (BCM) programme.

This one day course comes complete with course slides and a workbook that contains exercises to be completed throughout the course. The course is based on the Good Practice Guidelines 2018 and reflects current International Standards in business continuity.

Delegates will require a copy of the Good Practice Guidelines 2018 for this course, as it is the required reading. Pre-reading prior to attending the course is advisable.

Course Modules

• Module 1 - What is business continuity?
  
  This module aims to provide delegates with an understanding of what business continuity is and how it adds value to organisations.
  
  
• Module 2 - An overview of the business continuity management lifecycle
  
  This module aims to provide delegates with an understanding of the business continuity management lifecycle.
  
  
• Module 3 - Policy and Programme Management
  
  This module explores the business continuity policy as described in the Good Practice Guidelines 2018 and ISO 22301.
  
  
• Module 4 - Embedding
  
  This module looks at how to embed business continuity into your organisation.
  
  
• Module 5 - Business Impact Analysis
  
  This module describes how the BIA helps to work out prioritised activities.
  
  
• Module 6 - The Design Stage
  
  This module explores how to design and select solutions.
  
  
• Module 7 - Implementation
  
  This module looks at how to develop incident response and business continuity plans.
  
  
• Module 8 - Validation - Part 1
  
  This module looks at how to deliver an exercise to ensure business continuity plans will work as anticipated.
  
  
• Module 9 - Validation - Part 2
  
  This module looks at how to review the business continuity programme.
  
  
• Module 10 - Bringing it all together
  
  This module aims to provide delegates with a summary of what has been covered on this introductory course.

Required Reading

Delegates will require a copy of the Good Practice Guidelines 2018 for this course. Pre-reading prior to attending the course is advisable.

Day 1

Start	Finish	Subject	Detail
0930	0945	Introduction
0945	1015	Module 1 - What is business continuity?	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Be able to define which is meant by the terms BC and BCM - Understand how business continuity complements other resilience capabilities
1015	1030	Module 2 - An overview of the business continuity management lifecycle	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Be able to state the six elements of the BCM lifecycle - Understand how business continuity relates to other resilience disciplines
1030	1100	Module 3 - Policy and Programme Management	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Understand the role of the business continuity policy - Be able to differentiate between Policy and Programme
1100	1115	Break
1115	1145	Module 4 - Embedding	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Know why a training and awareness programme is required to promote the business continuity programme - Be able to identify what indicators they might find to show that business continuity is being embedded into their organisation
1145	1230	Module 5 - Business Impact Analysis	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Be aware of the importance and role of the BIA - Be able to analyse the different types of BIA - Be able to discuss methods for undertaking a BIA
1230	1330	Lunch
1330	1415	Module 6 - The Design Stage	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Understand ways to determine solutions and strategies appropriate to the RTOs identified in the BIA - Be able to mitigate risks to prioritised activities
1415	1500	Module 7 - Implementation	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Understand what make an effective business continuity plan - Be able to describe the contents of the business continuity plan
1500	1515	Break
1515	1545	Module 8 - Validation: Part 1	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Understand why business continuity plans need to be tested - Be able to describe the five types of exercises listed in the Good Practice Guidelines 2018
1545	1600	Module 9 - Validation: Part 2	By the end of this module, delegates will: - Be aware of the types of reviews used in the validation stage
1600	1615	Module 10 - Bringing it all together	This module goes through a summary of what has been covered on the course
1615	1630	Course Review

Please note, timings are indicative and exact timings may vary due to delegate experience and their interest in certain topics. The course may finish earlier if all topics have been covered.

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