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More efficient prototyping with the GOV.UK prototype kit: step by step

More efficient prototyping with the GOV.UK prototype kit: step by step

I’ve been using the GOV.UK prototype kit since 2016. Here’s my grab bag of tricks I’ve learned to make prototypes quickly and efficiently.
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Vicky Teinaki
Not everything should be digital

Not everything should be digital

Yesterday, I experienced a research session with a group of people whose paper processes were going to be replaced by digital ones…
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Charles Reynolds-Talbot
Government doesn’t have needs

Government doesn’t have needs

We need to stop talking about the needs of government; it doesn’t have any.
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Charles Reynolds-Talbot
Fighting for transformation

Fighting for transformation

Combatting battle fatigue and staying resilient
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Charles Reynolds-Talbot
Naming Teams and Services

Naming Teams and Services

I work as a content designer on services for the Department for Work and Pensions. As well as creating content for services, it’s part of…
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Rebekah Barry
Demystifying the dark art of senior engagement

Demystifying the dark art of senior engagement

From my relatively short experience working in government, one of the most common things I hear colleagues talk about is the importance of…
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Chris T
Metaphors we sticker by

Metaphors we sticker by

How I realised the value of mission badge-style stickers for teams… and how your team can make your own.
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Vicky Teinaki
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Selling service design to not just stakeholders

Selling service design to not just stakeholders

The team has to be on board too
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Andy Jones

Submit your story to GOV.Design

GOV.Design is an unofficial collection of open stories on the realities of designing a digital government, shared by the people who work…
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Charles Reynolds-Talbot

How we design content in government

First published on 8 February 2017, https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2017/02/08/guest-post-sharing-some-user-centred-content-principles/
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Melanie Cannon

Why diversity matters in product design

An important conversation is happening in government at the moment about diversity and inclusion. There are events happening that are…
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Melanie Cannon

A different way of thinking about gender ‘diversity’

Today I spent the day in Leeds with a room full of women, discussing what we can do to encourage more women to work in digital and…
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Melanie Cannon

Starting conversations about content design

Part of my job leading the Content Design team is to firmly establish content design as a valued profession at the Department for Work and…
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Melanie Cannon

What I’ve learned about building a team

I joined Department for Work and Pensions a year ago. One of the things I’ve been focusing on this year is building a strong content design…
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Melanie Cannon

Designing content for services (not channels)

As more government services become digital by default, the online section of a service becomes a key part of what people experience when…
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Melanie Cannon

Let’s watch our language

As designers in government we prototype, test, learn and start again until our services are simple, clear and fast.
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Melanie Cannon
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