Quality & Management Systems
Business Continuity (ISO 22301)
Business impact analysis and continuity plans that are actually exercised, not merely filed.
Advanced3 days18 training hours5-18 participants
All training programmes are accredited by the Sharjah Private Education Authority.
Programme objectives
- Run a business impact analysis and set recovery objectives
- Choose continuity strategies that fit the resources
- Build response and recovery plans
- Design and run plan exercises
Detailed agenda
1
Day 1
Analysis
- Continuity concepts and the standard's requirements
- Identifying critical activities
- Business impact analysis
- Recovery time and recovery point objectives
2
Day 2
Strategy and plans
- Continuity strategies for each resource type
- The structure of a continuity plan
- Response teams and their roles
- Communicating during a crisis
3
Day 3
Exercising and improving
- Exercise types from desktop to full simulation
- Designing an exercise scenario
- A full crisis simulation
- Lessons learned and updating the plan
Competencies developed
- Impact analysis
- Continuity planning
- Crisis management
- Crisis communication
What participants take away
- A business impact analysis template
- A business continuity plan template
- Ready-made exercise scenarios
- A company-issued certificate of attendance
Prerequisites
A background in risk management or operations.
How it is assessed
A crisis simulation: activating a continuity plan and deciding under time pressure.
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