...had appropriate and proportional access to PNC data to offer improved public services. However, over the decades, the drawbacks of a computer system designed for the 1970s began to show....
...apprenticeship in software development. It was too good to pass up and so I threw my hat in the ring and clicked the apply button. When the pre-interview work arrived...
...approach that’s used to build things in stages, instead of trying to deliver something in one go. As well as building in stages, agile strips away unnecessary process. Projects on...
...of guidance on building and maintaining digital services, including the Service Manual, Design Principles, the Technology Code of Practice and the Digital Service Standard. It’s incredibly useful, but people don’t...
...an online application form easier to understand, or optimising the underlying code for a service – increases your own emotional investment in a project and therefore your motivation. Next time...
...next project. Our service is focussed on building systems that get data from other systems, so it can be easy to approach all of our projects in the same way....
Chris has worked in UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) since 2003. Aspasia, a user researcher working on visa applications, invited Chris to observe a research session. Together they went to...
...‘redesigning all the websites and letters, talking to everyone involved, reviewing casework processes, system maintenance and code, while understanding the wider context of someone’s real user journey – everything that...
...make matches to accommodation offers and to services in Local Authorities. We reused code from another service, which gave us a head-start. We built the service in an agile way,...
...when recruiters would use the fact that there was a female developer in the team as a recruitment incentive. Unfortunately, rather than the diverse workforce being extolled to attract applicants,...
