Operational Resilience Audit

Operational Resilience Audit Courses

These operational resilience audit (ORA) courses are designed with BCM professionals operating globally in mind.

Courses are available as Blended Learning (100% Online) as well as Hybrid Learning (50% Online and 50% Onsite) and are divided into three levels of competencies:

At the end of each course, participants would be assessed through assessments and examinations to ascertain his/her level of competency.

They can look forward to receiving an internationally recognised OR certification through any of our OR certification courses.

Welcome to the frequently asked questions or FAQ for BCM Institute's ORA-300 Blended Learning course.

Should I attend ORA-300 or ORA-5000?

This is the course to attend if you are exploring to understand operational resilience audit.

However, if you are designated as part of the ORA audit team, proceed to attend the ORA-5000 course.  The OR Audit Expert or ORA-5000 course will provide the participants with a complete framework to plan for the ORA initiative, implement the ORA program, and sustain the ORA program.

For our colleagues operating in financial institutions, OR-5000 should be your pre-requisite.

What Are You Required to Complete for  Module 1 of the ORA-300 Programme?

Module 1: E-Learning

To complete Module 1 of the ORA-300 Operational Resilience Audit Specialist (ORAS) course.

What Are You Required to Complete for Module 4 of the ORA-5000 Programme?

Module 4: Web Training and Discussion Workshop

To complete Module 4 of the ORA-5000 Blended Learning (ORA-5) course, participants must attend two 3-hour sessions. 

The participants must review and audit the OR requirements of an operational resilience program based on a case study organization.

Ensuing group discussions are conducted to crystallize the concepts, an experienced lead auditor facilitates their sharing of their challenges and learning.

In summary, participants should be able to:

• Determine audit findings of OR requirements
• Write audit reports
• Know the areas for follow-up and corrective actions after the audit

[M4-S1] Audit Review and Reporting

• Summarise Findings and Categorise Impact
• Prepare a Final Audit Report [Audit Reporting]

[M4-S2] Audit Follow-up

• Understand and Anticipate Challenges of Executing and Finalising the OR Audit [Audit Challenges]

Module 3: Online Training and Discussion Workshop

To complete Module 3, participants must attend two half-day sessions of the OR audit implementation process. These are:

Before attending each of the two separate  1/2-day facilitated online workshops, the typical activities to complete the assignment are:

• developing the audit program or checklist;
• reviewing the stages of a typical BCM Audit planning process
• having access to the live BCMS portal.

Sequence of A Walkthrough of Each Session

1. Pre-reading [Maximum of one hour]
   • Review the OR planning methodology
   • Review the content of the BCMPedia for OR and OR Audit

1. Attending Facilitated Online Workshop [Maximum of three-hour]
   • Review and discuss the issues and challenges in developing an audit program (Financial / IT) or checklist
     

The content of Module 3 can be found by clicking on the "Course Content" icon.

[M3-S2] What is expected from Session 2 [S2] for Module 3 [M3] consists of the following:

1. Pre-reading  [Maximum of one hour]
   • OR Audit Planning Process [4 ten-minute articles]
     
     
2. Download the "Standardise Audit Program" template and complete the template [Maximum of one hour]
   
   • Develop an audit questionnaire in the audit checklist
     • You are strongly encouraged to attempt two significant stages of the "Implement" phase   as practice before attending class
       
       
3. Facilitated Online Workshop [Maximum of three hours]
   • Guide the review of the key deliverable of the BCM Audit planning process
   • Develop audit checklist/ program using the Standardise Audit Program template.
     
     

Pre-readings of at least 8 to 10 blogs or articles located in the eCampus are assigned for each session. Participants are recommended to complete them before the session as it serves as  'bite-sized' background information, allowing participants to familiarize themselves with the concepts to be discussed. 

It would also assist participants in completing their assignment in the following  1 hour online session.

These Operational Resilience Audit (ORA) courses are designed with ORA and ancillary professionals operating globally.

Courses are available in 1, 2 and 4 (modules) days and are divided into three levels of competencies.

Operational Resilience Certified Planner (ORCP)

Pre-requisites

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Operational Resilience Audit Specialist (ORAS)

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