Design once, reuse everywhere
Design once, reuse everywhere
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Sharing design patterns to work smarter
Posted by:
Michael Owen and Ben Farber, Posted on:
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Categories:
Continuous improvement, Design, Service design
...all learning and trying new things. How do we share those learnings so that we make better decisions in the future? Here are some things we’re doing to better collaborate...
The latest from the Home Office's Service Optimisation team
...look after live services, as well as building new services. My team will initially be building the new firearms licensing services, while Paul’s team will be focusing on the UK...
Three things I learned using future-mapping tools with users
...anything ‘wrong’. But for some it was too much of a leap. One participant managed to avoid touching or interacting with the cards for the whole session. However, this still...
Why we should all try being a content designer
...long-term, but my brief foray has taught me a lot. I think it can do the same for most people working in digital. Care about the message, not the words...
My experience as a female developer
...good code as part of a team, not to win a popularity contest. Some offices are better than others Developers, male or female, are in demand. And that’s a fact...
The government’s role in open source
...than software owned by an individual or a company (also known as proprietary software). Where we are today Today we use a lot of open source software in government projects....
Make invitations to beta services better
If you are not careful you can antagonise users before they have even started testing your service.
Tips on how to proofread your own content
...Print it out Reading comprehension is lower on screens than on paper. Printing out your content and reading it line by line will help you focus on finding mistakes. Wait...
Designing with an accessible mindset
...should be available as text-only. That means alt tags for images, audio and video. Be careful with colour Avoid using only colour to convey meaning. Screen readers won’t communicate colour,...
Designing your design process
...I think it’s helpful for designers to be able to code, is that it helps this relationship. I can build relationships by doing a bit of pair-developing on a part...