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Heritage Reliability Engineering

Craig Pearson - DevOps, BPDTS Ltd, 24 September 2019 - Agile development, Automation, BPDTS Ltd, DevOps, DWP Digital, Heritage Reliability Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

SRE is about applying software engineering principles to the new services we are creating to prioritise reliability, in this blog-post Craig explains how we're using DevOps and continuous delivery practices to apply those principles to our heritage services.

Networking as an introvert

Tracey Hagan - Business Analyst, DWP Digital, 23 September 2019 - Business Analyst, Collaboration, Inclusion, Women in Digital

Business analyst Tracey is a natural introvert but loves the power of communities and networking. Read her blog-post to find out how she's embracing inclusion and is now hosting events.

How we created a new service at DataJam 2018

Aleks Bobrowska, data scientist, DWP Digital, 16 September 2019 - Collaboration, Data, Data Science, DataJam North East, DWP Digital, Product Design, Service Design

DWP Digital data scientist Aleks Bobrowska explains how an idea for a digital service generated at last year's DataJam event has developed into the Skills Recommendation Engine prototype.

Creating Codepossible and CodeandStuff

Fey Ijaware - senior front end developer, DWP Digital, 13 September 2019 - coding, DWP Digital, Inclusion, Learning & Development, National Coding Week, Women in Digital

It was National Coding Week 16-22 September - find out how our Fey created Codepossible and CodeandStuff.

Why I’m part of DataJam West Midlands

Paul Lewis, business manager, DWP, 6 September 2019 - Collaboration, Data, Data Engineering, Data Science, DataJam West Midlands, Design, DWP Digital, Service Design

DataJam West Midlands takes place in Birmingham on 11 & 12 September. DWP's Paul Lewis explains what it's all about and how to get involved.

Returning to DWP Digital: things I’ve learned in my first month

Mikey Cattell, senior interaction designer, 29 August 2019 - DWP Digital, Interaction Design

"I always missed designing 'for the people’", read more about why Mikey decided to return to DWP Digital.

How user researchers and business analysts work together to make a difference for users

Jamie Toyne, head of business analysis, DWP Digital and Euan Gillespie, head of user research, DWP Digital, 22 August 2019 - Agile development, agile teams, Business Analyst, Collaboration, DWP Digital, Product Design, User research

User researchers and business analysts play important roles in an agile team. Working closely together benefits the users.

Join the Digital Channels team

Melissa Horner and Business Manager, Karl Alldred - Lead Product Owner, 20 August 2019 - Digital Channels, DWP Digital

The Digital Channels team is responsible for some of DWP’s most exciting digital products and services. And they’re currently recruiting! Read on to find out more about what it’s like to be part of the team.

How we’re using Ansible to improve our digital infrastructure

Steve Nelson and Steve Paynter, Infrastructure Site Reliability Engineers, 15 August 2019 - DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

We’re continually collaborating with our DevOps and SRE knowledge to solve problems and improve the network for the benefit of the department and our users. In this blog-post find out how.

Making a career switch: inspired by a fresh approach to design

Clare Brown - interaction designer, BPDTS Ltd, 12 August 2019 - DataJam North East, Interaction Design

Inspired by last year's DataJam North East, Clare decided to make a change in her career.

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