On the road with GDS
...of the Digital Academy was to provide learning opportunities for civil servants. The courses on offer enabled them to work on agile digital development projects that build services to meet...
What we blogged about in March 2017
...is now open for use After 9 months, 3.5 million messages, 32 live services, 850 code deployments, and 500 hours of user research — GOV.UK Notify is available to all...
Introducing our new product pages and technical documentation
Our new product pages and a new technical documentation format help users recognise that a resource is provided or curated by GDS.
How we are using roadmaps in government
...time. It’s a useful way of showing the vision and direction for a product, and ensuring that everyone is working towards common goals. Roadmaps suit agile ways of working because...
Angling to meet user needs at Defra
...very early stages of development - discovery or alpha. I see it as part of my job to help the teams working on those projects, to give them the freedom...
Clear writing training helps the whole organisation
...including leaflets and online content. Since 2013, we’ve been helping about 300 colleagues in the Public Health England (PHE) screening team to write content for screening reports, both printed and...
The GDS Parity Pledge, one year on
...or more people unless there is at least one woman on the panel, not including the chair. In future, no-one from GDS will speak at an event unless the event's...
In tech and talented? The government’s digital transformation needs you
We believe that successful digital transformation comes not through the choice of a particular technology stack or IT system but through the work of people and teams. Over the past...
How we’re making GOV.UK work harder for users
...let users see how content has changed over time. And providing a supported API for content so that anyone can take a reliable feed of our content. And we’ll be...
Discussing diversity at UKGovcamp
Photo: WN Bishop UKGovcamp is an annual unconference that’s dedicated to digital in the public sector. The GDS Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) network ran a stall and a...
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