Duration

33 hours

Overview

As a socially responsible institute and a proponent of continuous learning, BCM Institute now offers participants the choice to attend its equally rigorous, "DRP-5000 Blended Learning" or "IT Disaster Recovery Expert Implementer" course. This alternative approach combines online educational materials and virtual interaction between the facilitator and participants. As opposed to our physical "brick-and-mortar" course, participants now have some degree of control of the class in terms of its time, place, path, or pace.

In spite of being virtual, there is a balance between knowledge-based acquisition activities, presentations, discussions, exercises and case studies. About two-thirds of the time is spent on activity-based learning. You are expected to complete live templates and be able to be discussed and reviewed by our expert facilitators.

Module Content and Requirement

The chart shows how the modules (1 to 4) are packaged to form the respective courses that you may be keen to attend.

Below is a snapshot of what you can expect from the programme. Each module's syllabus or "Course Content" and the delivery or "Course Requirement" has been carefully crafted to ensure that the outcome matches each day of the DRP-5000 IT Disaster Recovery Expert Implementer competency level.

Module

Course Content

Requirement

Module 1

DRP-300/5000

Day or Module 1 provides a grounding of the IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) planning knowledge domain. It helps standardise the terminology and the processes to implement this as a project.

Considerations in IT DR planning and implementation are discussed, as is the establishment of a project steering committee. These are the topics discussed:

Understand IT Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) Fundamentals
Establish the Need for Disaster Recovery (DR)
Disaster Recovery (DR) Planning Methodology
Prepare Organization for Disaster Recovery (DR) Implementation
Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) on the Cloud
Request for Proposal

To complete Module 1 of the DRP-5000 IT DR Expert Implementer [BL-DR-5] course, participants are required to attend a one day onsite course. Note that it is also Module 1 of DRP-300 IT DR Implementer [BL-DR-3] blended learning course is a 6 one-hour e-Learning module training session.

Module 1 Course Outline

IT Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) Fundamentals
Establish the Need for Disaster Recovery (DR)
Disaster Recovery (DR) Planning Methodology
Prepare Organization for Disaster Recovery (DR) Implementation
Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) on the Cloud
Request for Proposal

Module 2

DRP-300/5000

Module 2: Facilitated Online Workshop

To complete Module 2 of the DRP-5000 Blended Learning (BL-DR-

5) / DRP-300 Blended Learning (BL-DR-3) course, participants are required to attend a walkthrough of the 4 phases of the DR Implementation process. These are:

Session 1a: Conduct a Risk Assessment for IT DR Planning
Session 1b: Application Impact Analysis (AIA)
Session 2a: IT Disaster Recovery Strategy
Session 2b: Select DR Services
Session 2c: Establish a DR Plan

Before attending each of the two facilitated online workshops, the typical activities to complete each of the four phases (RAR, AIA, DRS and RFP) are appended below.

Note that this module also serves as Module 2 for participants attending the Blended Learning DRP-5000 course [BL-DR-5].

Module 3

DRP-400/5000

Day or Module 3 transit from an operational view to more strategic topics in managing IT DR in organisations, the challenges encountered, and various approaches in dealing with them.

Module 3: Web Training and Discussion Workshop

To complete Module 3 of the DRP-5000 IT DR Expert Implementer [BL-DR-5] course, participants are required to attend two 3-hour sessions.

This module explores the strategic topics in managing IT disaster recovery in organisations, the challenges encountered, and various approaches in dealing with them.

Module 3 Session 1

[M2-L12] Present DR Proposal to Executive Management
[M2-L13] Establish a DR Plan
[M2-L14] Implement Steps to Recover from Disaster

Module 3 Session 2

[M2-L15] Develop DR Team Structure
[M2-L16] Gather and Consolidate Information for the DR Plan

Module 4

DRP-400/5000

The Module [Day] 4 Summary Exercise is the culmination of the DRP-5000 IT Disaster Recovery Expert Implementer course where participants are required to put all their learning from the past 3 days into practice.

In this module, there is an emphasis to link with the business units, especially the application that is deployed by the business units. The assembling of the DR Plan and ensuring that it works is discussed.

Module 4 Session 1

[M4-L17] Co-ordinate and Link Up with Business Units
[M4-L18] Assemble the DR Plan Together

Module 4 Session 2

[M4-L19] Manage Communications During Disaster
[M4-L20] Ensure Your DR Plan Works
[M4-L21] Manage DR Program

Module 4: Web Training and Discussion Workshop

To complete Module 4 of the DRP-5000 IT DR Expert Implementer [BL-DR-5] course, participants are required to attend two 3-hour sessions.

Module 4 Session 1

[M4-L16] Co-ordinate and Link Up with Business Units
[M4-L17] Assemble the DR Plan Together

Module 4 Session 2

[M4-L18] Manage Communications During Disaster
[M4-L19] Ensure Your DR Plan Works
[M4-L20] Manage DR Program

Breakdown of the Time Spent

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.