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Strategic Plan Dashboard

Le tableau de bord du plan stratégique

accomplished and what its priorities and direction should
he DRI Canada strategic plan dashboard was be in the future. Demographic information was collected
created to provide valuable information and from those that completed the survey (10% of certified
progress status to certificated professionals on the professionals). In an effort to make better informed, data
Tstatus of the strategic plan initiatives, increasing driven decisions going forward; additional fields were added
communication and transparency. to profiles, with the goal of having them populated during
the 2024 renewal process by certified professionals.
Strategic Priority #1 – Certification
Ensure certification levels reflect the
Ensure certification levels reflect the experience and experience and knowledge of DRI Canada
knowledge of DRI Canada certified professionals. certified professionals.
Target new professionals and other DRI certification indicates the level of experience and
segments of the business continuity knowledge a practitioner has in the field of business
management and disaster recovery sector. continuity, disaster recovery and resilience. The disconnect
between the years of experience and level of certification
The Collegiate Series program aims to provide education held was identified during the strategic planning process.
and networking conference opportunities for DRI Certified Advancing current certified professionals through targeted
Professionals and continuity leaders and introduce the messaging, resources and support was identified as a
profession to interested college seniors, graduate students strategic goal, starting with identifying ABCPs with greater
and university faculty in a day-long regional event format. A than 5 year’s experience and CBCPs with greater than 10
Collegiate event will be planned for 2024. year’s experience to move to the next level of certification.

The Veterans Outreach program will be established by DRI Develop and deliver a CBCP application
Canada to provide training and mentorship during the “how to” course
transition into the professional of business continuity, crisis
management, resilience and disaster recovery. Creating As resource to assist certified professionals in completing
strategic partnerships will formalize this program in Canada. the CBCP application, an online self-paced course and an
in-person workshop will be developed by the Certification
Use certification renewals to gather Commission. The goal of the course is to ensure that
demographic information on years of those applying for the advanced CBCP certification are
experience and years to retirement. able to complete the application with the information
and level of completeness required for review by the
During the strategic planning process, DRI Canada
conducted a survey of its certified professionals to gain Certification Commission. The course will be developed
insights into how they feel about DRIC, what it has over the first half of 2024 and available for delivery in
September 2024. Ω

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