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Blogs and articles on IT Project Management and Business analysis

ISO and British Standards

BS 10008 is the British Standard on Evidential weight and legal admissibility of electronically stored information (ESI). 

Find out what it is, who it’s for and how to go about implementing it.

Reading time: 13 minutes​

ISO 14001

ISO 14001 helps organisations define and implement environmental management systems.

Find out what ISO 14001 entails and how an environmental management system can improve your business.

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Implement ISO 14001

Achieve ISO 14001 What is ISO 14001 certification? What are the benefits of ISO 14001? Implement ISO 14001 in 10 steps ISO 14001

ISO 27001

An ISMS is an Information Security Management System.

Find out what it is and how it relates to the international standard ISO 27001 on Information Security Techniques.

Reading time: 13 minutes

Case Studies

Learn about how Digital Octopii helped Keeley Packaging certify for ISO 9001 and prepare all the required documentation and evidence in just a week

 

Learn about how Digital Octopii helped tech start up, Kulpa, certify for ISO 27001 and BS 10008 in just 5 weeks using their tried and tested framework.

 

Learn about how Digital Octopii helped Intelliteq certify for ISO 27001 in just six months

 

Learn about how Digital Octopii helped On-Site Scanning certify for ISO 9001, 27001, 22301 and BS 10008 in just 9 months

 

IT Project management

How do you manage a successful IT project?

If you’re not sure where to get started or you’re currently implementing new software/applications and want to ensure you’re doing everything by the project management book, this article is for you.

Reading time: 13 minutes

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IT Project Management Guides

IT projects and HR Implications

IT Projects and employment laws: 3 implications you must consider All IT projects are about change. Very often that means not only changes in the

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IT Project Management Guides

IT project processes

What are the core IT project processes? Probably everyone at some point in their career has been the witness of an IT project that didn’t

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IT Project Management Guides

Software project healthcheck tool

Software Project Health Check Tool Find out why your project is on bumpy ground: this project health check tool will help you understand where the

Business analysis

Any IT project is fundamentally to do with change, and it always entails two basic things: finding out what is needed; and developing a solution that delivers it.

If you’re not sure what a business analyst does, what tools & techniques they use and why you would need one, this article is for you.

Reading time: 7 minutes​

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Business analysis

Project managers and business analysts

Project Managers and Business Analysts …what’s the difference? And why do I need both? What do project managers and business analysts do? These two roles