Business Continuity Training DVDs


The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has produced two Business Continuity training DVDs:

Practice Makes Perfect: exercising made easy – a comprehensive guide to exercising Business Continuity plans

and

Understanding Your Business: How to do a Business Impact Analysis.

Both videos and accompanying CDs have been structured around the BCI Good Practice Guidelines and the BS25999 standard.

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Understanding Your Business: How to do a Business Impact Analysis – Training DVD

This 20 minute original film, complemented by a data CD, takes the viewer through the essential elements of a BIA: what it is; how to get management “buy in” and how to conduct a BIA.

The training film – based in a hotel – takes the viewer on an information gathering journey through the eyes of Ed, the lead character. We see Ed conducting his BIA in this familiar setting, providing the viewer with a clear and usable analogy.

The CD that accompanies the film contains a comprehensive questionnaire with a set of templates and guidance notes together with expert industry advice.

CD Contents:

  • A word booklet containing a step by step guide to undertaking a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) including:
    • Understanding your business as part of the BCM lifecycle
    • What is a BIA?
    • The purpose of a BIA
    • The motivation for BCM and the sponsor
    • Establishing the scope
    • Methods and Techniques for Collecting Data
    • Determining how results will be used
    • Gathering and verifying your results
    • Identifying Respondents
  • BIA questionnaire template with notes
  • Sign and Review template
  • FAQs
  • Risk Assessments and the BIA with template

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Practice Makes Perfect: exercising made easy – a comprehensive guide to exercising Business Continuity plans – Training DVD

Using a theatrical analogy, this clear, concise, and visually interesting 20 minute film demonstrates how performance (BC plan) is rehearsed – from simple desk top exercising through to more complex scenarios. The film is engaging and achieves a robust mix of practical training and engaging drama viewed through the eyes of a BCM Practitioner.

The accompanying CD contains a 2,700 word booklet detailing a step-by-step guide to exercising with templates; a guide to creating exercise scenarios; role-play scripts and debrief notes.

CD Contents:

  • Annex A Main Event List
  • BCI Booklet
  • Creating Your Own Scenario
  • Debrief Template
  • Exercise Invitation Template
  • Exercise Manager’s Notes
  • Fire Scenario
  • Glossary
  • Injects Template for Role‐Players
  • Scripts Flood
  • BSI Folder
  • BS 25999 Product Sheet
  • BS 25999 A4 Advertisement for BSIDVD
  • BS 25999 Global Product Guide
  • BS 25999 Part 2 and Certification for BCI Continuity Magazine
  • BSI Management Systems profile for BCIDVD
  • About BCI
  • About Ear Productions BC

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How Virtualization Changes Your Disaster Recovery Plans


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Sub-prime BCM certifications in Asia?


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American Eagle Outfitters’ 8-day E-Commerce collapse


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Applying disaster recovery concepts to your supply chain management process


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Selecting a Disaster Recovery Center Location


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Disaster Recovery: Protecting Campus Data Against the Inevitable


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