BCP 101: Introduction to Business Continuity Planning
Course Description: SCS consultants explain the field-proven methods to successfully create and sustain an enterprise-wide business continuity program. The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the business continuity planning process to those customers attending our software training courses. This course is most beneficial to individuals new to business continuity planning or those who would like a refresher.
This course is also available in Spanish.

Curriculum Topics:

Enterprise-wide Business Continuity Planning

• What are the elements of an effective Business Continuity Program?
• How is a Program organized, funded and implemented?
• What are the success criteria?

Assessing Business Risk and Outage Impacts

• Why perform a Business Impact Analysis?
• How to Conduct a Business Impact Analysis Project
• Assessing and presenting BIA Results

Establishing Recovery and Continuity Strategies

• When must your business be able to recover?
• What resources do you need to get "back in business"?
• Evaluating Strategy Alternatives

Developing Business Continuity Action Plans

• How do you organize the development process?
• Corporate vs. Business Continuity Planning - the differences
• How to build your Recovery Organization
• Documenting Action Plans

Ensuring Program Effectiveness

• How and when to exercise Action Plans
• How do you capture plan improvements?
• How will plans anticipate and respond to business change?
• Selling BCP in the Enterprise

For more information on BCP 101 classes, contact strohl consulting services at DirectorConsulting@strohlsystems.com or call at 800-634-2016.