Digital Assurance Business Owner

Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation equips business owners with the knowledge, tools, techniques and capabilities to better utilise and manage assurance across modern digital environments

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Course Overview

Organisations and government departments and their agencies, continue to be asked by their customers and governments to implement reforms ‘faster, better and for less‘. Organisations are meeting this challenge by adopting more agile approaches to transform their services and operations, and by doing so, are becoming better placed to support future reforms and strategic transformational agendas.

Organisational business owners, senior responsible officials/ owners (SRO) and executives, play a critical role in implementing outcomes that enable governments and organisations to deliver their reform agenda, which in many cases includes delivering digital services that exponentially improve the customer and/or citizen experience outcome.

To empower business owners, SROs and executives in achieving more successful program and project outcomes, the Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation course has been designed to provide independent guidance on how best to ensure that critical transformational programs and enabling projects are successful, by focusing on the issues that are most important and maximising the benefits of both Agile and Gateway assurance.

Formally accredited by the Australian Institute of Project Management, the Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation training course is the only Business Owner focused assurance accreditation, specifically designed to equip business owners, SROs and executives with:

a working understanding of modernised Gateway Assurance and Agile Assurance review processes
an understanding, through the entire lifecycle of a program and project, and how best to maximise the benefits of independent Gateway and Agile assurance
the confidence to set up, implement and deliver successful program and project outcomes

Being accredited as a GDA Digital Assurance Business Owner, you are verifiably certified and widely recognised, as continuing to meet best practice standards for maximising the benefits of independent Gateway and Agile assurance – in modern digital and transformational environments.

The Digital Assurance Business Owner is provided online, via our exclusive assurance reviewer management system (ARMS) platform, which:

is available and securely managed through any internet enabled device browser
can be undertaken and at a pace and time that suits busy industry and public sector professionals

The accreditation course and training modules are based on the GDA best practice methods, tools, techniques and models, and includes real-time access to contemporary assurance libraries, including:

Digital Assurance Business Owner guide
Agile Assurance individual review guides
Gateway Assurance program guides
Gateway Assurance project guides
exclusive modernised digital assurance models
self-paced online training modules
progressive knowledge tests
online ‘monitored’ examination
current best practice, assurance and program and project delivery articles
exclusive ‘GDA assurance forum‘ inclusion

How much does the course cost?

COURSE FEE: AUD412.50 (plus GST)

Included in the accreditation course fee:

secure registration and immediate course access
exclusive Digital Assurance Business Owner guide
4 Gateway Assurance program gate guides
7 Gateway Assurance project gate guides
5 Agile Assurance individual review guides
3 exclusive and modern digital assurance models
6 learning modules
19 self-guided lessons
17 progressive knowledge tests
1 ‘monitored’ examination
exclusive and verifiable digital badge (by Credly) with global accreditation recognition
access to secure GDA dashboard
access to the CPD program

Why become an accredited Business Owner?

The GDA Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation, is formally endorsed by the Australian Institute of Project Management and is more broadly recognised by leading government agencies, peak professional bodies and service delivery organisations.

By having the Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation, you are acknowledged as being adept managing, leading and maximising the benefits of assurance over the entire lifecycle of a program or project – for both Gateway and Agile assurance.

Successful Digital Assurance Business Owners’, have exclusive and unlimited access to:

the GDA dashboard
optional inclusion to securely make your pertinent reviewer experience information accessible to the government agencies who organise digital assurance reviews
non-repudiated and verifiable digital accreditation badge
the global assurance reviewer community

Who is accreditation for?

The Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation is for:

the official within a government department or agency who is the single point of accountability for the successful realisation of the program/ project’s outcomes and objectives
private sector executives, who strategically support Business Owners, SROs and executives, and provide program and/ or project consultancy and delivery services for the public sector or specific agency

How long will the accreditation training course take?

The GDA Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation course, is a self-paced, online training course. Candidates can undertake the course in little as 3-hours or take as long as they like. The recommended pre-reading of the Agile Assurance individual review guides, Gateway Assurance gate guides and Business Owner guide, take approximately 4-hours, which can vary for each individual. With secure access to the training course via any internet enabled device browser, busy executives and business owners can access their training and obtain their accreditation – at a time and place that suits them best.

What are the prerequisites for accreditation training?

The Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation has no prerequisite required.

What is the training course format?

guided learning modules – visual and interactive
progressive knowledge tests – 100% pass mark required
online ‘monitored’ examination – 100% pass mark required

What are the training materials provided?

Digital Assurance Business Owner guide
Agile Assurance individual review guides, including:
- AAR 1 – Preliminary evaluation guide
- AAR 2 – Discovery evaluation guide
- AAR 3 – Concept evaluation guide
- AAR 4 – Pre-go-live readiness guide
- AAR 5 – Benefits evaluation guide
Gateway Assurance program gate guides, including:
- Gate 0 – Business need
- Gate 1 – Strategic business case
- Gate 2 – Mid stage
- Gate 3 – End stage
Gateway Assurance project gate guides, including:
- Gate 0 – Business need
- Gate 1 – Business case
- Gate 2 – Delivery strategy
- Gate 3 – Investment decision
- Gate 4 – Delivery control
- Gate 5 – Readiness for service
- Gate 6 – Benefits realisation
modern digital assurance models

What is the accreditation examination format?

online ‘monitored’ examination
scenario based and multiple choice exam questions
100% pass mark required for Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation
exam must be completed in a single session – candidates are unable to save a session once closed
verified and ‘real-time’ exam marking and direct feedback
unsuccessful candidates are able to retake examinations – without further cost

What is the re-accreditation requirement?

Digital Assurance Business Owners’ are required annually to log 60 continual professional development (CPD) points, accessed via the GDA dashboard – as part of the CPD program.

To retain GDA Digital Assurance Business Owner accreditation individuals must log 60 CPD points within a 12-month period of their initial or their ongoing annual accreditation date.

ANNUAL RE-ACCREDITATION FEE: AUD137.50 (plus GST)

CPD points can be earned through various professional assurance activities categories, including: