Same name, new ambitions
Same name, new ambitions
A new chapter begins. We unveil the name and vision for the new digital centre for government.
Sprint 18: talking about the future of transformation
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Sprint, Transformation
On 10 May GDS will be hosting Sprint 18. This will be an event to celebrate all the great work that has been done so far to transform government – and to look at what we’ll be doing next.
Making sure our blogging meets user needs
...blog for data scientists and performance analysts. It’s called ’Data in government’. We archived our ‘Government technology’ blog because we can publish our technology stories with more impact on the...
Data team wins Future Policy Network award
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Sam Roberts - former Delivery Manager, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data, People and skills
...recognise outstanding work in these areas, an awards ceremony was held in January. The GDS Better Use Of Data team was delighted to receive an award for the Data Science...
The Government Transformation Strategy - one year on
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
A year ago we published the Government Transformation Strategy. In this post, GDS Director General Kevin Cunnington talks about how government has been transforming together and what our priorities are now.
How to pair program effectively in 6 steps
...way of working is important. In the Digital Marketplace team, we use pair programming to write higher-quality code, but also to share knowledge and help with team building. Communicating with...
6 ways we’re helping to make government services better in 2018
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Lou Downe - former Director for Design and Service Standards, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Service design
...of government. Here are 6 of the things we’ll be working on this year that will help departments to design better services across government: 1. Building GOV.UK Design System GOV.UK...
Working with Citizens Advice and its amazing data
...is the UK’s largest independent advice provider. Between 2016 and 2017, it helped 2.7 million people. Advice is given face-to-face, over the phone, by email and web chat. The Citizens...
How cross-government communities can support cross-government services
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Tom Wynne-Morgan and Will Harmer - former Service Designer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills, Ways of working
GDS is working with organisations across government to pilot a new way of working. We're forming networks of people with different skills and from different departments, who will work together to improve end-to-end services that cross departmental boundaries. We’re calling these networks ‘Service Communities’.
Getting started as a content designer in a product or service team
...for Service Performance. This was a challenging task, for several reasons. It was sometimes difficult to get access to the main user group, for example. Also, government wasn’t necessarily used...
Ten tips for getting the best from workshops
Workshops with our department colleagues give us a joint view of our challenges and a shared sense of ownership – but planning and running them is a real skill. To help with your next workshop, we’ve put together our top 10 tips from 6 months of intensive workshopping.
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Be part of the transformation
If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
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