Developing & Managing Business Continuity Exercises
(2-Day course)
Summary
This two-day course is aimed primarily at those on the BC Team tasked with developing and running exercises or participating in them.
You will learn how to develop, manage and run an exercise and exercise programmes. The course includes practice sessions, audio visuals, and an actual simulation of an exercise and debriefing.
The course is suitable for:
The course is suitable for those on the BC Team tasked with developing and running exercises or participating in them.
Sessions include:
- Planning the exercise programme
- Developing an exercise (practical)
- Incremental testing
- Technology and resources
- Technical testing
- Use of technology
- Desktop exercises
- Sources of resources
- The BC exercises
- Exercise management skills
- The Crisis Management exercise
- Involvement, logistics and layout
- Developing an exercise
- Control and timing
- Planning timetable
- Running an exercise (practical)
- Participant
- De-briefing (practical)
- Timetable and structure
- Evaluation
- Materials
- Feedback and reporting
- Scenario
- Developing an exercising policy
Venue
Cotswold Conference Centre - The award-winning Cotswold Conference Centre - is near Moreton-In-Marsh, which is 90 minutes on a direct line from London Paddington. We offer free transfers from Moreton-in-Marsh railway station and Birmingham International Airport/Railway Station if booked in advance.
Course author and presenters
The course will be presented by either Ian Charters or Chris Tulloch, who are both Approved by the BCI to deliver this course.
Ian Charters FBCI has been a member of the Business Continuity Institute since 1997, and was elected a Fellow in 2004. He is an internationally respected Business Continuity practitioner, and a member of the board of the BCI as well as being Chair of its Education Committee. He is also on the working party which is developing the new British Standard for Business Continuity BS 25999.
Chris Tulloch is in international demand as a Business Continuity Consultant. His clients are well-known companies in the UK, Mainland Europe, North America, the Middle East, and the Far East. Chris was a tutor on this course at its inauguration. His company, Surefire Communications, has run BC exercises for UK government departments and large commercial organisations.
Provider
This course is residential, the course price includes one nights accommodation.
Further information
Fee: £1,210 + VAT
