Meet the engineer: James
Meet the engineer: James
Meet James, one of our infrastructure engineers. He tells us all about his career at DWP Digital and some of the projects he's currently working on.
Live and kicking
The public beta of the Carer’s Allowance service went live this week. The service helps people claim money for giving care to those who need it most. It’s been quite a journey, but I’m very proud of the service - …
Hands on with the new Carer's Allowance digital service
I have been involved in the development of the new Carer's Allowance Digital Service since September 2012 right through from Discovery into Alpha and then Beta. I have in the past worked with many 'old' style DWP Projects where requirements …
100 second interview: Pete Desmond
Pete Desmond is a DWP Digital Service Manager. In this 100 second interview he talks about his role, the challenges DWP has faced and the opportunities that have emerged during the development of the Carer's Allowance digital claim service.
Digital strategy for DWP
Before Christmas we published our departmental Digital Strategy. In it, we set out how we’re going to deliver high-quality digital services that people will want to use, and how we’ll support our customers to use them. We’re starting with three …
Carer's Allowance - the journey so far
Getting to this point has been both interesting and challenging. We began in May 2012 with initial investigations to find a DWP service that could be redeveloped using techniques true to the original Agile Manifesto. After lots of discussions, telephone calls …