What does the DH digital team actually do?
If you're a keen follower of these things you might have noticed that we've spent a fair bit of time recruiting to the DH digital team recently.
5 jobs in the DH digital team
We've just advertised 5 jobs in the DH digital team.
User (needs) research - a dark art
Whilst ‘user needs’ is a term used in government more and more frequently, for some the concept remains shrouded in mystery; a way of concealing some kind of dark art perhaps.
Digital capability plan - would we be better just to wait?
I am 38 and I have a 6 year old son. Pretty soon he'll be outscoring me at Flappy Bird.
Using the Digital Services Framework for discovery
Discovery, as I outlined in a previous post, is the process of collecting evidence to support the development of your proposition and then laying down a plan for how you will make this a reality.
Guest blog: Keeping stakeholders happy while putting user needs first
...people in PHE using our intranet and by presenting to as many people as we can find, in person and on webcasts. We are creating assets that we can re-use...
Guest blog: How to rationalise legacy websites
...make a shortlist Make sure you prioritise the user needs over what’s technically possible, and your organisations’ goals Learning and improving If I were to do this transition again,...
Delivering live events digitally
...most of our other projects, but despite that there are many learnings we can take to inform our approach for smaller live events. National Information Board committee meeting I’ve recently...
Our approach to social media channels
Social media is mainstream media now, so organisations need to understand how they might use it.
Digital spend controls guidance: issue 2
Last year I wrote some basic guidance on navigating the digital spending controls following the introduction of new spend thresholds by the Government Digital Service (GDS).