When embarking on your ISO journey, a crucial first step is evaluating your current level of compliance and identifying what gaps need to be filled to gain certification or fully align with a Standard. This is typically done by conducting a Gap Analysis.

This exercise sets the foundations for your ISO Implementation project, from setting key actions and objectives, to resourcing and establishing a project timeline.  

In this episode, Ian Battersby dives into the purpose of a Gap Analysis, who should be involved in the exercise and what inputs and outputs you should expect to have from conducting a Gap Analysis.  

You'll learn

·      What is a Gap Analysis?  

·      What is the aim of a Gap Analysis?

·      What is the process of conducting a Gap Analysis?

·      Who should be involved in a Gap Analysis?

·      What inputs should be included in a Gap Analysis?

·      What outputs can you expect from a Gap Analysis?

Resources

·      Isologyhub

 

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[02:05 ] Episode Summary – Ian Battersby dives into the first step on any ISO Implementation journey, breaking down what a Gap Analysis is, it's purpose and what you should expect to get out of conducting one.

[02:50 ] What is a Gap Analysis?: Simply put, it's the start of the process.

It's a key to understanding where an organisation is right now and establishing what it needs to do on its journey to ISO certification.

But it's not just for certification, as certification isn't always what people are trying to achieve. Many businesses opt to align themselves to a standard to ensure they're doing the right thing, but may not go through with full certification.

[04:05 ] Who is the aim of a Gap Analysis? The objective of a Gap Analysis is to carry out a review of your organisation against the requirements of the respective standard.

This will help to establish the following:

·      Areas where you conform to the standard, where you may have established the required processes, procedures, roles, responsibilities, systems, methods, documents

·      Areas of nonconformity, where such things will need to be developed

·      You may partly conform, so it's important to understand that as well

From that understanding, you can build key actions, timescales and responsibilities for implementing an ISO Standard.

It's also very useful to leadership; to clarify what's needed, to look at priorities, to resource what's required and to establish a timeline to your end goal.

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