Digital

  • Trove.scot – embedding the Standard and working with the assessment process

    9th October 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) care for and curate millions of internationally renowned collections and archives. As the lead public body for Scotland’s historic environment, they also play a key role in identifying, celebrating and protecting Scotland’s most significant heritage. Their records on listed buildings,...

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  • Moveable Transactions Project: good governance and active leadership

    18th September 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Registers of Scotland (RoS) are undertaking a project to build, launch and maintain two new public Registers, introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. The timeline for the commencement of the Registers is dependent on the implementation of secondary legislation. Read our...

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  • Moveable Transactions Project: creating a multi-disciplinary team

    11th September 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Registers of Scotland (RoS) are undertaking a project to build, launch and maintain two new public Registers, introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. The timeline for the commencement of the Registers is dependent on the implementation of secondary legislation. Read our...

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  • Moveable Transactions Project: active learning and applying lessons in real time

    4th September 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Registers of Scotland (RoS) are undertaking a project to build, launch and maintain two new public Registers, introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. The timeline for the commencement of the Registers is dependent on the implementation of secondary legislation. The Digital...

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  • Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Major Digital Project Reviews in 2023-24

    16th July 2024 by

    Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office.  The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver more successful projects and programmes This blog shares what we learned from the 30 major digital project reviews carried out...

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  • Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Digital Scotland Service Standard Assessments in 2023-24

    16th July 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office The Digital Assurance Office, who administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver more successful projects and programmes.  This blog shares what we learned from the 28 Digital Scotland Service Standard (DSSS) assessments...

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  • Technology Assurance Framework – insights on resourcing and capability

    25th June 2024 by

    Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver effectively. This blog shares our insights on the improvements project teams had to make to ensure they had the...

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  • National Entitlement Card smart ticketing – Meeting digital standards

    30th May 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Some Scottish island citizens are entitled to concessionary ferry travel.  The aim of the Ferries National Entitlement Card Smart Ticketing project was to transform the existing service by moving from a manual paper based service to a digital and smartcard service. Context This...

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  • National Entitlement Card Smart Ticketing – Creating a multidisciplinary team

    23rd May 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Some Scottish island citizens are entitled to concessionary ferry travel.  The aim of the Ferries National Entitlement Card Smart Ticketing project was to transform the existing service by moving from a manual paper based service to a digital and smartcard service.  New digital...

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  • Technology Assurance Framework – Governance and project control

    24th April 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the Technology Assurance Framework, share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver more successful projects and programmes. This blog shares our insights relating to governance and project control. This is our fourth...

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