Business Continuity Planning Course

Organisations that survive major disruptions with minimal lasting damage typically share one characteristic: a genuinely tested business continuity plan, built before the disruption occurred. This course builds practical business continuity planning skills, from impact analysis through to plan development and testing, for organisations that want genuine resilience rather than a compliance document.

Common challenges this course addresses:

• Your business continuity plan exists as a document that has never been genuinely tested
• You are unsure which business functions are truly critical versus merely important
• You lack a clear framework for identifying realistic recovery time objectives
• Your continuity plan does not account for how a disruption might affect key personnel or suppliers
• You struggle to secure organisational investment in continuity planning before a crisis makes it urgent

This course builds practical business continuity skills that create genuine resilience, tested before you need it.

What You Will Leave With

Practical tools applicable immediately.

Why this module matters: Understanding which business functions are genuinely critical, and the true impact of their disruption, is the foundation for realistic continuity planning.

• Conducting business impact analysis to identify genuinely critical functions
• Establishing realistic recovery time objectives for each critical function
• Understanding dependencies between functions, people and suppliers

Why this module matters: Continuity strategies must address realistic scenarios and genuine constraints, rather than assuming ideal conditions during a disruption.

• Developing continuity strategies for identified critical functions
• Addressing personnel, supplier and technology continuity specifically
• Balancing continuity investment against realistic risk and cost

Why this module matters: A continuity plan that is clear, actionable and accessible during an actual crisis provides genuine value beyond documentation for its own sake.

• Building continuity plans that are genuinely usable during a real crisis
• Structuring plans for clarity and quick reference under pressure
• Common continuity planning mistakes that undermine real-world usability

Why this module matters: Testing a continuity plan through structured exercises reveals gaps that would otherwise only surface during an actual disruption.

• Designing and conducting continuity plan testing exercises
• Using test results to genuinely refine and improve the plan
• Personal business continuity plan template for your organisation

Is this course relevant for smaller organisations without dedicated continuity staff?

Yes. The frameworks scale to organisations of any size, and smaller organisations often face greater risk from disruption due to less redundancy.

Does the course address specific types of disruption, such as natural or cyber incidents?

The frameworks apply across disruption types, with practical exercises encouraging participants to consider scenarios most relevant to their specific organisational context.

How is this different from your Crisis Management and Business Continuity course?

This course goes deep on the technical planning mechanics: business impact analysis, recovery time objectives, and structured testing. The Crisis Management and Business Continuity course is broader, covering the same planning fundamentals alongside crisis leadership and communication skills for actually running the response. Professionals building a continuity function in depth often take this one first, then that one for the leadership dimension.

Ready to Build Genuine Organisational Resilience?

Build practical business continuity skills tested before you actually need them.