DWP Digital

Standing in the shoes of users at the Cross Government Hack

Rachel Woods, lead product owner, DWP Digital, 2 March 2017 - Cross Government, Digital transformation, DWP Digital

Hi, I’m Rachel Woods, a product owner at DWP Digital. On 21 and 22 February myself and colleagues from government departments and agencies such as the NHS, DVLA, Home Office and the Government Digital Service came together in Leeds for a …

Why I love being a digital geek

Kirsty Tidmarsh, Senior Software Engineer, DWP, 2 March 2017 - Digital, Software Engineering, Women in Technology

I’m Kirsty Tidmarsh, a senior software engineer with DWP Digital. I joined in April 2016 after hearing about the department's transformation work.

Building our community at the DWP Software Engineering Conference

Diane Reddell, 28 February 2017 - communities of practice, Digital transformation, Software Engineering

Hi, I'm Diane, I joined DWP Digital as a trainee software engineer in July 2016. It’s great being part of the growing software engineer community in DWP, so I was really looking forward to the first DWP software engineering conference …

Helping teams define their focus

Melanie Cannon, 28 February 2017 - Access to work, Content Designer

I'm Melanie Cannon, lead content designer at DWP Digital. Our Content Design team at DWP Digital has been collaborating across our product and design community to help service teams define their focus.

Learning new digital skills on my internship

Lewis Ozcan, 27 February 2017 - DWP Digital Academy, DWP Digital Capability Building

Hi, I'm Lewis, I’m a third-year Management student at the University of Leeds. I’d like to start my own business in the future, so I’ve looked for personal development opportunities that would give me transferable skills. The advert to join …

Data for people who don’t like data

Ryan Dunn, DWP Digital Data Scientist, 24 February 2017 - Data Science

I’m Ryan Dunn, Head of Data Science at DWP Digital’s Newcastle hub. We’re really excited about a new application we’ve developed that’s set to revolutionise the way policy makers access and use information.

DWP Digital: Delivering the government transformation vision

Mayank Prakash, 17 February 2017 - Digital Technology, Digital transformation, DWP Digital Strategy

This year, we created DWP Digital by bringing together digital, data and technology expertise. Our Digital business is focused on designing and delivering integrated products and running them as 24x7 services. Everything we do is measured by the difference we’re …

Inspiring the next generation

Linda Newton, 16 February 2017 - Agile development, coding, DWP Digital

I’m Linda Newton and I’m a Delivery Support Manager for Universal Credit Live Service. At DWP Digital we’re passionate about encouraging the next generation into technology careers.

Building the product manager community across government

Zoe Gould, Head of Product, DWP Digital, 15 February 2017 - Product Owner, Product Owner Community

Last month DWP hosted the first get-together for the cross-government product management community. It was a brilliant day - inspiring speakers, excellent discussions and lots of knowledge shared amongst a community of people meeting up for the first time. This …

Creating independence with our online digital services

Emily Booth, 9 February 2017 - Access to work, Digital Service, Women in Technology

I’m Emily Booth and I’m a Business Analyst working on the Access to Work Digital Service.

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