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How mission statements can help product managers across government

Rachel Woods, product owner, DWP Digital

I’m Rachel Woods, a senior product owner at DWP Digital. At the recent cross-government event for product managers in Leeds (hosted by HMRC) I was asked to talk about mission statements.

Helping citizens choose how their data can work for them

Adrian Atley and Alice Carter at a kanban

I’m Adrian Atley, an Enterprise Service Architect in DWP Digital. Across government large amounts of data are created, securely stored and processed. However there is currently a lot of duplication across services and organisations, even where those services share the …

What we learned from a week-long design sprint

Hi, I’m Jude Eccles, a user researcher at DWP based in Stockport. I’ve worked on digital projects for three years. In my role I’m used to working in relatively short design sprints, and tight deadlines are common when organising research …

It’s never dull working as a Product Owner in DWP Digital

DWP product owners Sally Shaw (l) and Cathy Buchanan (c)

I’m Cathy Buchanan, a Product Owner in DWP Digital. I’ve worked on digital projects for the last year, initially as a Business Analyst and more recently as a Product Owner. I’ve had a varied career in DWP, working in operations, …

Sharing our story across government with the GDS roadshows

GDS Roadshow - Leeds

Following the publication of the Government Transformation Strategy, Government Digital Service (GDS) have been visiting departments round the country in a series of roadshows. We hosted two of the roadshows – in Newcastle and Leeds – and it was a …