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CBCI Certificate Training Courses
Business Continuity Institute
Understanding BCM Principles and Good Practice
About the course
JBTGlobal is a licensed provider of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) ‘Understanding BCM Principles and Good Practice’ Training Course. The five day course is based on the Business Continuity Management (BCM) life cycle detailed in the BCI ‘Good Practice Guidelines’ and in BS 25999 (National Standard for BCM). The course provides a comprehensive understanding of both the framework and practical issues relating to the different stages of the BCM life cycle.
Why choose JBTGlobal as your training provider?
- CBCI examination pass rates well above the international average;
- Conducting successful courses since 2007;
- JBTGlobal presenters are all fully qualified senior trainers;
- All trainers are experts in Continuity Management implementations; and
- We take a no-nonsense approach to Continuity Management – “all you need, and nothing you don’t”.
Who should attend?
The course is primarily designed for individuals seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the BCM life cycle from both a principles and ‘good practice’ perspective. The course is suited to those with business continuity responsibilities requiring an understanding of the theoretical framework and practical issues surrounding business continuity. The course also assists organisations seeking to comply with emerging international Standards.
Prerequisites
No previous business continuity experience is necessary however it is recommended that participants should have a minimum of one year’s experience working in a business environment and have an understanding of the key activities and functions within their organization.
BCI Certificate Examination
The examination, which is taken independent of the course, lasts 2 hours and contains 120 multi choice questions. Passing the Certificate Examination is a mandatory requirement for anyone seeking Associate (ABCI), Specialist (SBCI) or Member (MBCI) membership of the BCI.
Course Schedule
Day 1: Policy, Programme Management and Culture
- Business Continuity Management (BCM) life cycle
- Policy (scope, contents, roles, responsibilities, legislation and regulation)
- Programme management (tasks, responsibilities and implementation)
- Culture (building a BCM culture, awareness and training)
- Determining BCM drivers
- Identifying who in an organisation should be involved in BCM
- Creating a ‘culture’ dashboard for own organisation
Day 2: Understanding the Organisation
- Purpose of ‘Understanding the Organisation’
- Business impact analysis (concepts, assumptions and process)
- Recovery requirements
- Risk assessment (concept, process and conduct)
- Project planning
- Determining maximum data loss
- Assessing probability of risks
Day 3: Determining Business Continuity Strategy
- Strategy options
- Basic design continuity options
- Selection of possibilities
- Business case (contents of document, ‘Go or no Go’)
- Realisation and implementation of resources
- Assessing importance of resources
- Drawing up off-site storage requirements
- Selecting strategy options
- Drawing up external service level agreements
Day 4: Developing a BCM Response
- Alarming and escalation plans
- Realising employee safety plans
- Crisis management (organisation, resources and process)
- Stakeholder management
- Continuity plans
- Realisation (organisation and procedures)
- Differentiating between crisis and incident management plans
- Selecting members of crisis management teams
- Drawing up communication options
- Selecting type of continuity plans
Day 5: Exercising, Maintaining and Reviewing BCM Arrangements
- Definitions of testing and exercising
- Types of tests Maintenance
- Audit (measuring quality, reporting methods and recipients)
- Scenario selection for functional testing
- Criteria for determining success
- Reviewing audit process in context of own organisation
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DAILY SESSION TIMES
| Registration (Day 1) |
0845-0900 |
| Session 1 |
0900-1000 |
| Morning Refreshment |
1000-1020 |
| Session 2 |
1020-1200 |
| Lunch Break |
1200-1300 |
| Session 3 |
1300-1500 |
| Afternoon Refreshment |
1500-1520 |
| Session 4 |
1520-1630 |
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