[WSQ-BCM-320] Course Overview: Developing Business Continuity Strategies and Plans

This one-day course (with two hours of assessment) is part of a joint initiative by BCM Institute and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). It is based on a competency standard specified by SSG and implemented as a competency-based training course.  Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents (PR) are eligible for government funding for this course in Singapore. This second WSQ business continuity management (BCM) course is a follow-up to the course on assessing risk and business impact requirements.

Course Content

This course teaches participants the know-how of developing business continuity strategies and plans. Thus, completing the BCM-310 course before registering for this course is a prerequisite.

As part of the syllabus for developing business continuity strategies and BC plans, participants would be taught competencies of:

• facilitation techniques to support the development of organizational business continuity strategies
• interpreting the BC strategies,
• developing BC plans,
• recommending refinement to the developed strategy and plans

Set of 3 WSQ BCM Courses

The WSQ BCM courses offered by BCM Institute include:

1. BCM-310 Assessing Risk and Business Impact Requirements
2. BCM-320 Developing Business Continuity Strategies and Plans [Click the Course Description icon to find out more about this WSQ course]
3. BCM-330 Testing and Exercising Business Continuity Plans

Meanwhile, click on the 'Tell Me More' icon so our team can contact you with more specific information on our BCM-320 course. Click on the 'Register Now' icon to attend our classes.

If you are company-sponsored or self-sponsored, the funding conditions from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) are provided to you when you click the icons.

Statement of Attainment

Singaporean and Singaporean PR participants attending the course in Singapore will also receive a Statement of Attainment from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) upon completing the workshop and passing the assessment.

Pre-requisite

To learn the BCM planning methodology effectively, you are strongly encouraged to attend the BCM-310 Assessing Risk and Business Impact Requirements course before attempting the BCM-320 and BCM-330 courses. Without understanding Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis learned during the BCM-310 course, you may have difficulties developing strategies and writing a plan.

Click to learn more about the course overview of the following two WSQ courses and the schedule for the year.

In-house Training

As organisations from Singapore and Malaysia embark on a BCM journey or review and update their existing BCM programs, you may want to consider organizing this series of WSQ BCM programs within your organization to build competency and update your content.

Click the icon below to find out more about "Training-led Implementation."

Our instructors are not only ACTA-qualified or HRD Corp Accredited Trainers but also have a minimum of 15 to 25 years of BCM implementation experience; this allows you to deploy your templates to be completed as part of the class assignment.

Bridging Over to Certification Program

Participants who complete all three parts of the competency-based WSQ BCM series (with Statement of Attainment) may transfer to the BCM Institute's professional program. It is important to note that this bridging program is not part of the SSG program or requirement; it is an independent choice by the participant.

Participants can approach the institute to sit for the Business Continuity Certified Specialist (BCCS) certification qualifying examination.  This will enable you to achieve the internationally recognized Business Continuity Certified Specialist (BCCS) certification once you pass the Qualifying BCCS exams.

There will be an SGD 200 Qualifying BCCS examination fee.

BCM Certification

 BC Certified Specialist (BCCS) certification is awarded to participants who complete the three-part series, pass the Qualifying BCCS examination, send in an application detailing at least one year of BC experience, pay the application processing fee of SGD 75, and satisfy and meet the experience requirements of the independent certification body.

WSQ Course Offerings
Business Continuity Management
	WSQ-BCM-310	WSQ-BCM-320	WSQ-BCM-330
Business Continuity Management
	WSQ-BCM-410	WSQ-BCM-470
Crisis Management
	WSQ-CM-360	WSQ-CM-460
Crisis Communication
	WSQ-CC-350	WSQ-CC-450

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