Critical Communications for IT
1h 4mAdvanced2021-02-19
Authors

David Pultorak
Veteran IT Management Consultant and Founder of Pultorak & Associates
Course details
When an IT incident affects your organization, what you say, when you say it, and how you communicate it is crucial to protecting both your organization’s reputation and its long-term operations. Fortunately, handling hairy situations doesn't have to be guesswork. In this course, instructor David Pultorak covers the best ways to leverage the CCC® model, which gives you a shared approach, a common language, and best practices for improving communications during critical situations. David explains the different areas, results, phases, and layers of the model, to make it easier for you to navigate challenging moments—from breaches, to hacks, to misunderstandings gone awry on social media. He goes over how to communicate during the incident and how to follow through during the aftermath. David also discusses factors that influence your ability to respond well during different phases and he concludes with ways you can improve your responses.
Skills covered
Crisis ManagementDevOps FoundationsCommunicationDevOpsMarketingProfessional DevelopmentBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Critical communications for IT
- 02 - Overview of the course and optional certification examination
1. Rationale for Developing Critical Communication Capability
- 03 - The case for critical communication capability development
2. The Critical Communication Capability Model
- 04 - Critical Communication Capability model overview
- 05 - The CCC model results areas, phases, and resources layers
- 06 - The CCC model levers layer
- 07 - The CCC model engagement approaches and the six Cs of communication
- 08 - Critical situations through the lens of the CCC model
3. Key Result Areas Impacted by Critical Communication Capability
- 09 - Brand and reputation and ecosystem health
- 10 - Legal and compliance and financial performance
4. The Phases of Critical Communication
- 11 - The standing phase
- 12 - The response phase
- 13 - The aftermath phase
5. The Resources Underpinning Critical Communication Capability
- 14 - People resources
- 15 - Process, information, and technology resources
- 16 - Resource capability indicators and optional self-assessment walk-through - Standing indicators
- 17 - Resource capability indicators and optional self-assessment walk-through - Response indicators
- 18 - Resource capability indicators and optional self-assessment walk-through - Aftermath indicators
6. Levers for Increasing Critical Communication Capability
- 19 - Force field analysis, best practices, agile continual improvement, and regular practice and drills
Conclusion
- 20 - Review, exam revision, and next steps