Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Course Description
The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is the foundation on which to build an organisation-wide Business Continuity Management Program. The instructor will walk participants through all the steps associated to completing a BIA. This course is designed around a tried and true BIA model providing the participants with the methodology, the associated tools and the confidence required to complete a thorough Business Impact Analysis.

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Audience
This course is designed for Business Continuity Professional with basic knowledge and experience in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery.

Duration
2 days, 08:30 to 17:00

Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

• Determine the pre-requisites and the tolerance thresholds for the organisation
  
• Initiate the BIA process, develop a BIA questionnaire and conduct data collection
  
• Identify critical business functions
  
• Document the BIA report
  
• Present BIA results to Senior Management
  
• Understand the value and risks associated with shortcuts to the BIA process

Course Outline

• General introduction to BIA
• Project initiation
• Data collection
• Data analysis

• Validation with Managers
• Preparation of draft BIA report
• Additional validations and final version
• Presentation of BIA report to Management
• Value and risks associated with shortcuts

Tools and Templates
All tools, templates and reports provided with this training are in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel formats. The documents are license free and are fully editable by participants for use in their own organizations. A valuable time-saver!

• BIA process (19 pages)
• BIA threshold definition tool
• BIA project plan
• BIA questionnaire
• Full comprehensive BIA report
• BIA presentation to Senior Management

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