COMPLETE BUSINESS CONTINUITY TRAINING SOLUTIONS – ALSO FOR NON-EXPERTS

The specialty field of Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a complex discipline that requires years of practice and experience before a practitioner can claim to be an expert. The last decade alone has seen a wealth of information on BCM become available and standards have been published globally to ensure the efficient design and rollout of Business Continuity solutions in enterprises in all industries.

Standards are critical in the BCM market as they provide for best practice implementations and serve as benchmarks, providing the criteria upon which measurement is based and the success of proposed plans judged. “They are not, however, designed to provide the practical knowledge and sound understanding of best practices, including the business continuity life cycle required to successfully initiate, implement, maintain and measure an effective Business Continuity Management Programme” says Terry Booysen, CEO of CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd.

To ensure the appropriate mix of standards and experience, organisations that realise the importance of having a carefully designed Business Continuity strategy in place generally hire expert consultants to design and oversee the implementation of their plans. However, consultants are temporary workers and are not always available to update and improve plans as the business changes due to internal or external factors.

To compensate for the lack of on-site experts, many organisations appoint unqualified people to run their BCM Programme simply because they have no other options. This results in financial experts, IT managers or even HR management personnel having to manage Business Continuity strategies with little or no training - a situation that can have serious consequences for business in the event of a disruption if the plans are not properly developed, implemented and tested. As the premier BCM service provider on the African continent, ContinuitySA, a CGF Platinum Patron, has announced a market first to deliver effective Business Continuity training to non-experts.

Far from the traditional introductory courses that offer attendees little in the way of practical knowledge they can apply in their workplace, let alone the knowledge to assist people in understanding Business Continuity Management as it applies to their organisations, ContinuitySA has developed two customised training programmes tailored to the needs of business professionals tasked with managing continuity projects.

Proudly SA member and strategic partner, CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd has negotiated an additional 5% discount for all its constituents attending these training workshops.

For more information contact Terry Booysen at Tel: +27(11) 476 8264/0 / Cell: +27(82) 373 2249 - Fax: 0866231269 - e-mail: tbooysen@cgf.co.za or follow this link to access the annual training programme offered in Midrand, Johannesburg and Cape Town ...

(Contributed by: Terry Booysen, CEO, CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd)