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Launching a service in Kuwait - adjusting your user research

Posted by: Bernard Tyers, Posted on: 27 November 2015 - Categories: Live services, User research
A child leaning against the window of a skyscraper, looking out at across the city

Walking back to our hotel after a busy day. On Monday morning we successfully launched the Electronic Visa Waiver (EVW) service private beta in Kuwait to very little fanfare. The...

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What user research brings to design

Posted by: Michael Owen, Posted on: 26 November 2015 - Categories: User research
A group of people huddled around two laptops

...regularly, it’s important to have a quick turnaround of new designs to make the most of what you’ve learnt and so you can get new iterations in front of more...

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What agile means for the Home Office

Posted by: Clare Young, Posted on: 23 November 2015 - Categories: Agile
Picture of a whiteboard which features the text "Standup @ 9.30am, 1 week sprints". The board also has postit notes attached to it that say "Planned", "In progress", and "Done!"

...life, but more importantly it means everyone can see what teams are doing, how delivery is progressing and ultimately hold teams to account for delivery. Team work and communication Agile...

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Intro to the the Home Office Assisted Digital Team

Posted by: Clare Ridd and Maria Rosala, Posted on: 19 November 2015 - Categories: User research
A picture of Clare & Maria, the Assisted Digital user researchers in HOD

...working on new services were struggling to carry out the research they needed to pass service assessments. Since our formation, we have been carrying out longer pieces of research with...

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Crossing the Atlantic: integrating with US Global Entry

Posted by: Julian Dos Remedios, Posted on: 12 November 2015 - Categories: Content, Service design
Picture of the product planning wall for the Global Entry team. It features postit notes, whiteboards, coloured cards detailing user journeys and printouts of page designs.

...and is still being tested. We’re controlling user volumes through the use of ‘invitation codes’, which are being sent out to selected end users with the help of commercial partners....

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