Parliamentary Digital Service

Website discovery phase

Kheira Belkacem 16 March 2016 parliament.uk Start with user needs User research

The first two sprints of discovery for a new parliament.uk website have been extremely busy and very fruitful!

From Rapid Start to Incubation. This is chemistry lab time.

Julie Byrne 16 March 2016 Continuous iteration Digital strategy

After a really busy few days of creating ideas around “Unlocking digital democracy for all”, we're working on providing definitions to complicated words and phrases on our website (Jargon Buster) and supporting the public in connecting them to take some action with Parliament.

Rapid Start Prototyping Event

Julie Byrne 10 March 2016 Continuous iteration Digital strategy

Last week, we ran a rapid prototyping event with a company called Fluxx based in Farringdon. A small group of people from across Parliament - the Digital Service, the House of Commons and the House of Lords - gathered at the Fluxx offices, to think about ideas related to 'Unlocking Democracy for All'.

Meet Rebecca one of our new Developers

Julie Byrne 7 March 2016 Experts in what we do Recruitment

Rebecca has recently joined the Digital Service working in the Rapid Apps team, here is her story of how she became a developer.

Parliament web forums

Matt Instone 7 December 2015 Digital strategy Focus on core work

Since 2007 Parliament has been using web forums to help committees of MPs gather evidence for their inquiries. Find out how these targeted web forums have helped Parliament to represent the public and hold the Government to account.

Exploring digital: data visualisation

Oli Hawkins 3 December 2015 Data and search Digital strategy Open

Last week, data visualisation specialist Andy Kirk presented the final talk of the year in Parliament’s series of seminars on Exploring Digital. The session explored the challenges of visualising data effectively and the approaches practitioners could take to meet them.

A digital strategy for Parliament - making it real

Tracy Green 12 November 2015 Digital strategy

I’ve been Head of Strategy in the Parliamentary Digital Service since July and thought it duly time to share what I’ve been doing with my colleagues since then on developing a digital strategy for Parliament.

The value of parliamentary data

Tracy Green 9 October 2015 Focus on core work Open

Last week we were lucky enough to have Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist, come into Parliament to talk about digital strategy and the future of news in a digital world.

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Launching Parliament’s Technology Strategy – An interview with Mark Lyons, Chief Technology Officer

Website discovery phase

From Rapid Start to Incubation. This is chemistry lab time.

Rapid Start Prototyping Event

Meet Rebecca one of our new Developers

Parliament web forums

Exploring digital: data visualisation

A digital strategy for Parliament - making it real

The value of parliamentary data

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