One team with lots to do
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve held a number of workshops to define a way of working around a set of goals and priorities.
Digital Marketplace
Keeping everyone updated
Katie Taylor Digital Marketplace All Staff from GOVUKDigiMkt Every month we present a short update to the whole office. This means we can keep everyone informed of what we’ve been up to and share our findings. Katie Taylor is the …
June Update
I was recently interviewed by Computer Weekly and one of the key messages was that we need to talk about a wider programme for transforming the way in which the public sector buys digital services
Searching by Browsing
Katie and I have been testing prototypes for the build of Digital Marketplace for a few months now and over this time we’ve become used to seeing the majority of people using “Search” to explore the catalogue. But in our …
Opening the Digital Marketplace alpha
A few weeks ago the Digital Marketplace passed the Digital by Default Service Standard and moved into the alpha phase.
Sketching out the Strategy
As we develop the Digital Marketplace, I want to outline our current thinking for the Digital Commercial Programme Strategy.
Alpha update
Claire Mitchell updates us about the Digital Marketplace alpha.
Suppliers as buyers
Last week we focussed our user research sessions on suppliers. The first insight is that suppliers are using the CloudStore for more than just supplying. Some suppliers are using the framework to buy because they are inside government. Some suppliers …
Pop-up research for the Digital Marketplace
As Katie discussed in her recent blog, we’ve now released the Alpha of the Digital Marketplace to users within Government Digital Service at Aviation House. The Public Sector Show at ExCel on the 13th May gave us an opportunity to …
May update
The way that the public sector buys things has to change to be agile. We can no longer take months going through the old procurement cycles. Instead of negotiating lengthy contracts for items such as computer storage, servers and software, …