What a content designer does in alpha
What a content designer does in alpha
Kaitlin D'Avella explains what content designers do in the alpha stage of a project.
Making performance management better
Regular readers will know about Defra's “smarter working” initiative, as explained by our COO Betsy Bassis in a recent blog post. It means adopting a user-centered approach to the processes and services our staff use every day. One of those …
Flood digital: user-driven service design and agile working
A couple of weeks ago we published a short film about the flood digital service. This second film shows how the service team works and how they put users at the heart of what they do to continually improve how …
What we learned about our users when we went fishing in their shoes
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Phil Baird, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Being a Product Manager is about championing the needs of the users of a service. Our team, responsible for the “I want to fish” service (of which buy a rod fishing licence is a part), has got into the habit …
What we’re doing to make video more useful across Defra
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation, Smarter working
We're committed to smarter working in Defra, and we are starting with small fixes that make people's lives easier. One of those is about opening up access to online video.
What we've learned about preparing for discovery
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David Thomas, Delivery Manager, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Over the last year or so, I’ve heard a lot of colleagues in Defra talk about 'pre-discovery'. They mean it as an additional phase of work to be done before discovery, which leads into alpha, beta and then live. My …
Why we care about data architecture
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Sarah Burnett, Head of Data Architecture, Data Transformation Programme, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital
We’re beginning to tell the story of how critical getting data architecture is to 'getting data right' for the Defra group.
A film about the flood digital service
The Environment Agency’s flood digital service is used by the public to check for local flood warnings by location as well as current river and sea levels. We spoke to the agile team that developed the service about how they are continually …
Time to talk, time to think, time to help
Hands up: who feels like they've got a lot on these days? Some days I'm so busy that I feel like I don't have time to breathe, let alone pause between meetings to gather my thoughts and think ahead. Part …
Better access to data to tackle Bovine TB
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Steve Wilkinson, Head of Innovation, Defra Data Transformation Programme, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Digital transformation, Software tools
Bovine TB is a complex and costly disease in cattle. Bringing Defra’s data together and providing better access and tools will really help us to tackle it.
Email less, talk more
I want to talk about the subtle shift in communication approach within teams. Effective digital teams are good at trust and openness. It takes time to build behaviours like these, but I think they’re essential if you want your team …
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