The role of the agile wall at GDS
...feature in most agile methodologies. The cards showing the current team tasks, are displayed on the walls. At GDS, for the most part we practise scrum and where necessary we...
Meet the Transformation team
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Graham Higgins - former Senior Digital Media Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team
...the Transformation team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkcZMGARsuc Meet the Transformation team - video transcript Mike Beaven (Transformation Programme Director, Government Digital Service): The Transformation team really operates as an internal consultancy that goes...
A day in the life of a delivery manager
‘A day in the life of...’ articles typically go something like this, “8:02: my day starts with a walk over Waterloo Bridge. A flat white later and I'm ready to begin. Some quiet minutes to check emails before studying the …
People management in an agile setting
After speaking at AgileTeaCamp, I thought I would share how people management has evolved in the GDS Delivery Team. What you get for free with agile Agile product teams are self-managing. With the users' needs in mind, the product manager defines what …
Iterating the trade tariff tool with HMRC
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Chris Heathcote - Product Manager for Accessibility Monitoring, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
One of the tools we’ve created on GOV.UK is the Trade Tariff tool. It contains up-to-date and historical information on the duty you have to pay when importing and exporting goods outside the UK and the EU. The tool lets …
What I've learned (so far) doing product management in government
I was recently invited to give a short talk at Agile Teacamp, an event where people come to learn about and share their experiences with agile software development. They're friendly and informal events held over a cup of tea in a department store …
The speed of change
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Chris Heathcote - Product Manager for Accessibility Monitoring, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, GOV.UK
When a user sent a tweet about a possible improvement on GOV.UK, it became a great example of how quickly an agile team can respond to feedback. Chris Heathcote from the GDS design team explains how size doesn't necessarily mean …
Riding the Paradigm - where agile meets programme
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Mike Beaven - former Director for Transformation, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
...a pretty established and successful agile software delivery engine. Whilst it is relatively new it has become a firmly established way of working beyond the core delivery teams, and lean/agile...
Throw away Photoshop and be true to your medium
...code from the off. Working with my colleagues, we have introduced this technique to the design process of GOV.UK in reaction to the rapid development cycles and number of iterations...
What happened at the 2nd AgileTea camp?
...Certainly a lively discussion, and one to continue at the next AgileTea camp – planned again in Cafe Zest on 19 January 2012. I am thinking of including a session...
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