Business Continuity Planning and Assurance Course

Name: Advanced Business Continuity Planning and Assurance Training Course
Availability: InStock

Apply continuity governance, impact analysis, strategy, plan controls, exercises, and assurance to produce traceable readiness evidence.

Business Continuity Planning and Assurance Course

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Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom
Cities: Marbella, Milan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Toronto, Istanbul and more
Next session: 11 – 15 October 2026, Marbella
Average fee: 5,800 €

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Overview

Advanced Business Continuity Planning and Assurance Training Course is a five-day course for continuity managers, crisis planners, risk specialists, and assurance professionals who leave with a Continuity Planning Assurance Dossier. Participants apply NCEMA 7000:2021 to translate organizational duties into impact evidence, recovery priorities, planning controls, exercise records, and improvement decisions. The course resolves gaps between written arrangements and demonstrable readiness through structured planning and verification. Agile Leaders Training Center presents continuity planning as an evidence-led governance discipline.

Who Should Attend

Continuity functions responsible for planning, coordination, maintenance, and readiness evidence
Emergency and crisis functions responsible for escalation, response interfaces, and operational coordination
Risk functions responsible for disruption scenarios, controls, dependencies, and recovery priorities
Internal assurance functions responsible for reviewing planning evidence and improvement actions
Public-service and regulated-entity functions responsible for aligning continuity arrangements with applicable requirements

The course assumes participants already contribute to continuity planning, risk analysis, crisis coordination, or assurance and leaves out introductory awareness, certification preparation, and technical disaster recovery configuration.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that must demonstrate continuity planning and operational readiness.

Business continuity, emergency management, enterprise risk, and internal assurance
Operations, facilities, technology, supply chain, and corporate services
Banking, insurance, telecommunications, and professional services
Energy, transportation, manufacturing, and utilities
Healthcare, education, public services, and hospitality

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze continuity governance duties and planning boundaries
Build business impact analysis and dependency evidence
Evaluate disruption risks against recovery priorities
Compare continuity strategies and resource options
Apply plan controls and exercise design methods
Prioritize assurance findings and improvement actions

Course Agenda

Day 1: Governance and Planning Boundaries

NCEMA 7000:2021 Application Map
Continuity Governance Responsibility Matrix
Organizational Duty and Stakeholder Register
Planning Scope and Boundary Canvas
Readiness Evidence Architecture

Day 2: Impact and Disruption Evidence

Business Impact Analysis Interview Guide
Impact Over Time Assessment Scale
Prioritized Activity and Dependency Network
Disruption Risk Scenario Matrix
Recovery Requirement Evidence Sheet

Day 3: Strategies and Plan Controls

Continuity Strategy Option Appraisal
Resource Capability Gap Register
Response and Recovery Plan Architecture
Escalation Threshold Decision Tree
Plan Ownership and Change Control Log

Day 4: Exercises and Assurance

Exercise Objective and Scenario Builder
Participant Action Observation Sheet
Continuity Capability Evaluation Rubric
Assurance Finding Classification Method
Improvement Action Priority Board

Day 5: Continuity Planning Assurance Practice

Exercise: Diagnose Governance and Scope Evidence
Exercise: Validate Impact and Dependency Records
Exercise: Challenge Strategy and Resource Choices
Exercise: Evaluate Plan and Exercise Evidence
Capstone Exercise: Continuity Planning Assurance Dossier

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to apply continuity planning and assurance across operating settings.

Suggested activity: map continuity duties and evidence ownership for a public-service operation.
Suggested activity: assess impact, dependencies, and recovery priorities for a telecommunications disruption.
Suggested activity: compare continuity strategies for an energy supply interruption.
Suggested activity: evaluate exercise observations and prepare improvement decisions for a healthcare service.

FAQs

Who suits advanced business continuity planning and what does it assume?

Advanced business continuity planning suits managers, coordinators, risk specialists, and assurance professionals who already contribute to analysis, planning, crisis coordination, exercises, or review.

How does continuity planning assurance differ from introductory business continuity training?

Continuity planning assurance tests whether governance, impact evidence, strategies, plans, and exercises form a traceable basis for readiness decisions, while introductory training focuses on concepts and basic components.

How does business impact analysis support continuity planning?

Business impact analysis identifies activities, dependencies, impact over time, resource needs, and recovery priorities that guide continuity strategy and plan design.

What evidence supports continuity exercise assurance?

Continuity exercise assurance uses stated objectives, scenarios, participant actions, observations, capability criteria, findings, assigned actions, and effectiveness checks.

How should continuity improvement actions be prioritized?

Continuity improvement actions should be prioritized by service impact, control weakness, dependency exposure, recovery risk, ownership, and the evidence needed to confirm completion.

Conclusion

Participants leave with a Continuity Planning Assurance Dossier containing the governance map, impact evidence, recovery priorities, strategy appraisal, plan controls, exercise records, and improvement board. The dossier connects planning decisions to traceable evidence. It enables participants to identify readiness gaps, assign action owners, and support structured management review.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Marbella	Week 41, 2026 11 – 15 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Milan	Week 42, 2026 12 – 16 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 43, 2026 19 – 23 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 43, 2026 19 – 23 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Toronto	Week 43, 2026 25 – 29 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€12,000
Istanbul	Week 44, 2026 26 – 30 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Cairo	Week 45, 2026 2 – 6 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,100
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,100
Paris	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Tokyo	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€10,000
Nice	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Trabzon	Week 49, 2026 6 – 10 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€6,800
Barcelona	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Vienna	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Abu Dhabi	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Kuala Lumpur	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,200
Frankfurt	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
London	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Lisbon	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700

Frequently asked questions

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OverviewAdvanced Business Continuity Planning and Assurance Training Course is a five-day course for continuity managers, crisis planners, risk specialists, and assurance professionals who leave with a Continuity Planning Assurance Dossier. Participants apply NCEMA 7000:2021 to translate organizational duties into impact evidence, recovery priorities, pla…

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Business Continuity Planning and Assurance Course