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Transforming our caseworking system to improve outcomes for our users

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Transforming our caseworking system to improve outcomes for our users

In line with our ‘Digital First’ agenda, we’ve modernised the Home Office caseworking process by digitising the customer journey through greater automation and better system integration.

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The hidden benefits of user centred design

Posted by: Chris Taylor, Head of User-Centred Design, Posted on: 6 April 2017 - Categories: Design, Service design
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...our ideas work. However, I have a theory that there is a hidden benefit of this approach that I don’t often hear people talk about: user centred design makes the...

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Building the ‘registration district’ register alpha

Posted by: Rachel Sutherden, Posted on: 22 March 2017 - Categories: Registers

...the registration district register which is now in alpha. Evolution of the registration district register Registration districts are administrative regions for the civil registration of births, marriages, deaths and civil...

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Sharing best practice on assisted digital and digital inclusion

Posted by: Andrew Jones, Posted on: 27 February 2017 - Categories: Accessibility, Assisted digital

...assisted digital services. The interactive workshop, held in London, included visitors from the Home Office, Northern Ireland office, Ministry of Justice, NHS Digital and the Department for Work and Pensions....

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Problem solving with a design sprint

Posted by: Charles Reynolds-Talbot, Posted on: 14 February 2017 - Categories: Agile, Design
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While my team was going through a quiet period on current projects, I decided to run a week-long ‘design sprint’ with a smaller sub team to begin to tackle our next project. Our service is focussed on building systems that …

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Tips on measuring performance

Posted by: Jenny Huynh, Posted on: 27 January 2017 - Categories: Data, Performance
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...template for a performance workshop. From running similar workshops, it helped me to understand what can be done to improve performance analysis in the department. A photo from one of...

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Discovering the value of access needs research

Posted by: Aspasia Dellaporta and Chris Lansley, Posted on: 13 January 2017 - Categories: Accessibility, Service design, User research
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...the content, design and code of the forms to address the issues John encountered. By making the service more accessible for John, we’ll make it easier for everyone to use....

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Designing for accessibility: an update on our accessibility posters

Posted by: Karwai Pun, Posted on: 28 December 2016 - Categories: Accessibility, Design

I wrote a blog post back in September about the accessibility posters we've created at the Home Office called ‘Dos and Don'ts on designing for accessibility' - and I thought...

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Creating a common language to describe services

Posted by: Kate Tarling, Posted on: 21 December 2016 - Categories: Service design
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...to understand services and create a list of terms (our taxonomy) so we can communicate more simply and clearly across the Home Office. Some of the terms we all use,...

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The power of pictures in service design

Posted by: Tom Norman, Posted on: 25 November 2016 - Categories: Casework, Design, Service design

...lots of scribbling, crossing out and sticky-tape. The aim is to end up with a high-fidelity digital process map that can be printed at high resolution and digitally shared. The...

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How will this new shiny thing deliver value?

Posted by: Ollie Beal, Posted on: 21 November 2016 - Categories: Casework, Service design, User research

...how they can be grouped together. Record time against tasks You need to break tasks down into columns so that you have plenty of space for multiple processes. Excel works...

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