Cultural values

Who is Parliament's website for?

Steve Bromley, 20 July 2018 — Continuous iteration, Curiosity, Experts in what we do, Start with user needs, User research

Steve Bromley has written about who our website is for and why it's important to be realistic about who our audiences are.

Why I still love working in Parliament 8 years on

Dan Cook, 13 July 2018 — Care, Digital strategy, Focus on core work

Dan Cook has recently started a new role and has been working in Parliament for eight years. He's written about why he still enjoys working here.

Learning new things on home turf

Helen Harrison, 6 July 2018 — Be where people are, Collaboration culture, Curiosity, Focus on core work

Helen Harrison manages an MP's constituency office. Working for a new MP meant that her team were new too and she wanted to find out how they could use technology more efficiently. So she asked our user engagement team for help.

Making the hours count, not counting the hours

John Newton, 13 June 2018 — Care, Content design

John Newton from the content team is a big fan of flexible working and he's written about how he juggles work with looking after his daughter.

Tell us what you think about the blog

Louise Duffy, 23 May 2018 — Care, Continuous iteration, Open

We've been running this blog for a while now and we think it's time we found out what our readers think of it. So we're doing some research.

Bath Ruby: immersing ourselves in the world of Ruby

Bryony Watson, 30 April 2018 — Be where people are, Collaboration culture, Community, Experts in what we do

Bryony Watson recently attended a two day conference called Bath Ruby. She's blogged about the community that surrounds the language and the talks by some of the big names who code using it.

Sharing what we do

Colin Pattinson, 27 April 2018 — Continuous iteration, Curiosity, Open, parliament.uk, Product Management

Colin Pattinson is a product manager who's been writing regular updates about the work of his team. He talks about why he does this, what he's learned, and how he's improved them.

Building a business analyst community in PDS

Sian Hodges, 25 April 2018 — Community, Experts in what we do, Unity without uniformity

Sian Hodges is a business analyst and she's written about her career, what you need to be an analyst, and why you might want to become one.

Members' activity alpha: the design part

Victor Hwang, 20 April 2018 — Collaboration culture, Continuous iteration, Curiosity, Design

This is part two of the people team’s recent alpha on members' activity. I'm a designer and I want to share how to turn research findings into real, tangible ideas.

Beyond usability testing – picking the right research method

Steve Bromley, 19 March 2018 — Continuous iteration, Curiosity, Start with user needs, Unity without uniformity, User research

When people think about user research, their image is often of our research lab. Steve Bromley explores the attraction to usability testing in a lab, but also explaind how we decide on the research method used.