Hack to the future
As part of our continued development, we have been discussing the idea of holding a “hack day” This is hacking in a good way, nothing to do with hacking into...
Day one on location........
On Wednesday (02/04/14) Adrian and I started the next part of our journey and joined the project at Carers Allowance in Preston. We arrived in time to join in the...
Trainee Developers driving Digitalisation forward
In January we completed an introductory training course in programming. The trainees - Ian Tidmarsh, Nathalie Harrold, Mike Morris, Adrian Stone, Donna Kirk and Paul Anderson (all from IT Project...
Carers Allowance Phase 2 discovery begins
We have started a 4-week Discovery exercise for Carers Allowance Phase 2. A core team of experts from key areas will be locked together in a room in Preston exploring options for transforming the Carers Allowance service by addressing such …
Improving. Continuously.
Since we launched the new Carer's Allowance digital claim service last October, we’ve made 12 full releases. Each of these has included one or more major improvements to make the service easier and quicker to use. Not all improvements need a …
Developing the future
We're a small group of DWP's new trainee developers - we're getting 'hands-on' DWP as an organisation is working to develop its digital capability and we're a small group within...
10k and counting
Carer's Allowance Digital Service takes its ten thousandth claim Last week the new Carer's Allowance Digital Service took its ten-thousandth new claim. Feedback from service users continues to provide pointers...
Live and kicking
Leigh Mortimer Product Manager Carer's Allowance 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...
Hands on with the new Carer's Allowance digital service
Kathryn Baxendale - Carer's Allowance Unit 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...
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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCv2NWpWg_w