Building the product manager community across government

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A Product People breakout session at DWP's recent Product Manager event

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 …

Meet our Software developers – from apprentice to senior software engineer

I wanted to move into the civil service as the work attracted me but I was also pleasantly surprised by the other benefits, such as the ability to work flexibly, when I joined 16 months ago.

Supporting customers with the Carer’s Allowance replica service

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I’m Kathryn Baxendale and I’m part of the Carer’s Allowance digital service team. Carer’s Allowance was the first of DWP’s digital services to go live back in October 2013, and makes it easier for carers to apply for help at …

From monolithic to agile: improving our infrastructure

I’m John Keegan, Head of Cloud Infrastructure Services in DWP Digital. We’re on the crest of a wave with transformation as we’re overhauling our technology infrastructure and the way our digital technology services are delivered for the entire department.