Business Continuity Management (BCM)

Defined in this course, is a management process that identifies risks, threats, and vulnerabilities that could impact continued operations. Business continuity provides a framework for building organizational resilience and the capability for an effective response.

It is impossible to prepare for every scenario, but business leaders can be better equipped to react to unexpected events. This course offers a solid description of the methods, techniques and approaches used by Business Continuity Professionals (BCP) globally, to develop, implement, and maintain an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) mandate.

Candidates will collaborate to develop a framework, implement, and maintain a business continuity program designed to reduce the likelihood of significant gaps in the business strategy. Candidates will develop skills related to:

• Using industry professional practices – assessing business programs can identify gaps or deficiencies to be mitigated.
• Establish a framework – for building organizational resilience that will provided a prudent and effective response for safeguarding the interests of the brand, key stakeholders, reputation, and value-creating business objectives.
• Engagement of all stakeholders – Ask all those involved in the process for their feedback on what worked well in the prior process and what stakeholder expect out of the BCM plans.
• Map out the best scenario – management process that identifies risks, threats, and vulnerabilities that could impact continued operations that need continuity to achieve business objectives

Key Takeaways

• Capture current business processes and create suitable documentation to ensure good practices and standardized work.
• Implement requirements for an audit system of the BCM program to comply with legislation’s, regulations, and standards.
• Understand the components for an effective Business Analysis that is able to meet strategic, tactical and operational requirements of an organization.
• The ability to constantly review and iterate the approach towards the strategic plan.
• Determine the root cause of problems and put in place solutions that permanently resolve the business continuity plan.

Course Outline
Part 1

• Program Initiation and Management - Policy and Program Management
• Risk Assessment

Part 2

• Business Impact Analysis
• Business Continuity Strategies - Embedding Business Continuity

Who Should Attend?

• This highly practical and interactive course has been specifically designed for

This 4-day practical interactive “hands-on” training session and workshop is intended for a broad audience of professionals in all industries and functions such as:

• Individuals empowered with the responsibility for the understanding and implementation of business continuity plans,
• Business continuity and resilience professionals working in organizations of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in any industry.

The content of this course will be based on the guidance of Business Continuity Institute (BCI) best practice guidelines, which is the independent body of knowledge for good business continuity (BC) practices.