Best Practice in processes for forms design To paraphrase Antonio Carluccio on Italian food, 'there is no best practice, only good practice' 30 August 2024
Agile for Local Government - from the skateboard to the car The point of a Minimum Useable Product is the user is supposed to be able to use it. People often forget that. 8 August 2024
What is local government actually for? We have (roughly) 350 local councils all doing more or less the same things in the same way. Is there a better way to do this? 2 July 2024
Council online petitions Most council digital strategies say don't replicate content or functionality provided elsewhere. I think we should however be running our own e-petitions services 5 June 2024
What shall we do with the school year term dates? Why is managing school terms dates such a pain - for ourselves and our users? 15 April 2024
Should there be a Local GDS? Probably not. It Depends. Well, it depends on what you mean by 'local', 'government', 'digital', and 'service'... 28 March 2024
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should When thinking about implementing a new technology on a council system, do you yourself have personal experience of using that technology elsewhere? 14 March 2024