Geek Mental Help Week 2017: Newcastle
Hi, I'm Gavin Elliott, Head of Interaction Design at DWP Digital. I’m organising Newcastle's first Geek Mental Help Week event.
Infrastructure engineering at DWP Digital
I’m David Scrivens, and I work in infrastructure engineering at DWP Digital. I’ve been here about a year, having previously worked in other organisations which support DWP networks, such as BT and HP.
Building the Universal Credit Full Service
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Lara Sampson, DWP Digital, Product Owner for the Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS), Posted on:
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DWP Digital, Universal Credit Full Service
Universal Credit is one of the most important and special things I’ve worked on in my career. I’m Lara Sampson and I’m the Product Owner for the Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS).
Collaborating to bridge the gap between policy and design
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Kate Bruckshaw, Posted on:
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Agile development, Design, DWP Digital, DWP Digital Strategy
I’m Kate Bruckshaw and I’m part of the new Policy Exploration team in DWP’s Strategy Directorate.
How we built a room-booking system
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Craig Abbott, head of accessibility, DWP Digital, Posted on:
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Architecture, Interaction Design, Software Development, Systems Integration, Technical Architecture
Hi, I'm Craig Abbott, an interaction designer at DWP Digital. A little while ago I wrote a blog about how we spotted a room-booking problem and designed a solution for it.
DWP’s Women in Technology group: Redressing the gender balance
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Carrie Quinn, DWP Digital, Posted on:
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Diversity, DWP Digital, Women in Technology
My name is Carrie Quinn and I’m a capability manager here in DWP Digital. I’ve been in the department for just over 18 months and I became involved in our Women in Technology group when I recently changed job roles.
Using a canvas to build our community culture
Hi, I’m Ryan Thomas Hewitt, Lead Business Analyst at DWP Digital. We've done a lot of work over the past year or so to develop the business analysis community in the organisation.
My first week as a service designer at DWP Digital
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Vimla Appadoo, Posted on:
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DWP Digital Capability Building, Error and Debt, Women in Technology
Hi there! I’m Vimla Appadoo. I’ve just finished my first week as a Service Designer at DWP Digital, where I’ve hit the ground running joining the Fraud, Error and Debt product development unit.
Making it easier to book meeting rooms
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Craig Abbott, head of accessibility, DWP Digital, Posted on:
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Interaction Design, User research
I’m Craig Abbott, an interaction designer based at DWP Digital's Newcastle hub. Since joining DWP in 2015, I’ve heard people mention how hard it is to book a meeting room. Something that should be so simple is often a series …
Using cartoons as a user research tool
I’m Tom Adams, the user researcher on a service to support DWP’s Fraud and Error staff. Our service will have around 5,000 users spread around the country, investigating error and fraud in benefit claims. This could be a couple of …