In this case, there are three areas covered – Program Initiation, Risk Analysis, and Incident Management. Stick to discussing those three areas and nothing else with in the national bank readings.
Here are some notes to help keep you on the right path for this and the other Assignments:
1) Stick to the specific material being covered. In the business world and in academia, it’s extremely important to fulfil any assignment – from a manager or a professor – by answering exactly what is being asked. That’s actually one thing I tell people I’ve coached for job interviews: answer the question that was asked.
2) In this case, there are three areas covered – Program Initiation, Risk Analysis, and Incident Management. Stick to discussing those three areas and nothing else.
3) You are being asked to apply what you’ve learned about those three areas to National Bank. Use the information in the business profile – including the names of the executives – to show how to apply the information. You don’t have to create the documentation or bring in other information. For example, the Steering Committee will approve a BCP Policy – don’t write up a Policy document. Just say they will create one.
4) Stay within the page limit. When you’ve read the material and discussed it in class, you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge within the page count. More is not always better.
5) Business Continuity is a cycle with certain major elements that have to be addressed. We are looking at the first three elements, but there are more steps to the planning cycle. Again, stay within the material that’s covered. Don’t jump ahead to other areas such as the BIA.








Jermaine Byrant
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