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BCK200 - Business Continuity Management

The objective of this course is to provide a detailed and in-depth understanding of business continuity program management. This course provides an easy-to-follow practical approach to planning, guiding, and controlling business continuity program activities including program development, implementation, maintenance, and plan execution. It covers in detail the concepts and activities of business continuity program management and its seven key phases:

Phase A: Program Initiation

Phase B: Program Planning
Phase C: Program Functional Requirements Analysis
Phase D: Program Design and Development
Phase E: Program Implementation and Testing
Phase F: Program Maintenance
Phase G: BC Plan Execution

Through this course, students will gain a solid understanding of the methods to address the challenges and complexities associated with managing a BC program. Students will learn to

Effectively manage a business continuity program within their organization, beginning from program initiation to program maintenance.
Successfully manage the overall execution of a BC plan during a crisis situation.
Organize BC program management teams and define their roles and responsibilities
Initiate efforts to gain management’s commitment and buy-in to the BC program
Define expected objectives and deliverables for each phase of the BC program management lifecycle
Define a BC program policy
Establish a process to raise corporate-wide business continuity culture
Create and execute a business continuity program project plan
Assess business continuity program budget requirements
Manage assessments of business continuity risks to their organizations
Manage the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) project
Decide on a business continuity recovery strategy
Establish Service Level Agreements to maintain business continuity
Coordinate the development of the BC plan
Manage testing of the BC plan
Develop and implement a BC training and awareness plan