Introducing our architecture approach and principles
James Stewart shares the thinking behind the technical architecture team's working principles and the need to keep developing "services so good people prefer to use them".
Network principles for government
In the work we do with network designers and end users across government the same issues keep cropping up.
Making your case for quality assurance
People often question the value of quality assurance.
Guest post: testing tools principles
...testing tools are the most effective. Open tools also avoid vendor lock-in and are cheaper than proprietary alternatives. The Government IT Strategy and Technology Code of Practice [https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/making-software/open-source.html] says open...
A new approach to Technical Architecture in government
...architecture of their service. Scale There are 24 ministerial departments, each with a huge number of services to support. As we go from 25 exemplars to supporting 700+ government transactions,...