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#Teamhack sprint 3 retrospective

Posted by: James Cattell, Posted on: 26 August 2016 - Categories: Defra digital, Open data

As the Rio Olympics finish (congratulations, Hollie Webb) we continue to sprint...[there's a joke in there –Ed.] Let's hear it for @HollieWebb1 from @DefraGovUK, winning goal scorer in #Rio2016 hockey - fab! @HeadUKCivServ @andrealeadsom @theresecoffey — Clare Moriarty (@ClareMoriarty) August …

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#teamhack visit Cefas in Weymouth

Posted by: David Buck, Engagement, OpenDefra and James Cattell, Posted on: 17 August 2016 - Categories: Defra digital, Open data
Weymouth Harbour panoramic view

...their user needs. Finally, we met Mark who likes the RAF Tornado. He showed us an alpha version of the live fish movements service. It's a responsive web service which...

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#teamhack sprint 1

Posted by: David Buck, Engagement, OpenDefra and James Cattell, Posted on: 12 August 2016 - Categories: Open data
Defra data team members with colleagues from BEIS.

...held an unmeeting which was badged as an unconference. This badge made people think they’d be lots of attendees, which wasn’t our aim. We’re still working on the difference but...

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Come on baby, light my #firebreak

Posted by: David Buck, Engagement, OpenDefra and James Cattell, Posted on: 5 August 2016 - Categories: Defra digital, Open data
Kanban board

We spent 12 months trying to publish 8000 new open datasets which was fun and stressful. We had decided whatever the outcome, we would set aside time to reflect and re-energise – a 'firebreak'. This was also a chance to unpick …

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