Help us test the categories for G-Cloud 9
We know that suppliers want their services to be found by buyers on the Digital Marketplace, and that buyers want to be able to find the right suppliers as simply...
G-Cloud 9 discovery - where we’re going from here
We’ve started our discovery for the next iteration of G-Cloud and we’re taking this opportunity to think again about what public sector cloud technology procurement should look like. Our discovery...
Digital specialists requirements can now be open for 1 or 2 weeks
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Ralph Hawkins, Posted on:
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Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, User research
When Digital Outcomes and Specialists went live, suppliers had 2 weeks to apply to each opportunity. However, buyers have told us the buying process is taking too long and that...
Making Digital Outcomes and Specialists better for you (Part 2)
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Caroline Mulligan and Sarah Cunliffe, Posted on:
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Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, User research
User feedback is an essential part of our work to improve Digital Marketplace for both buyers and suppliers. In our last post, we spoke about some of the things we’ve...
Making Digital Outcomes and Specialists better for you (Part 1)
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Sarah Cunliffe and Caroline Mulligan, Posted on:
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Categories:
Buyers, Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, Suppliers, User research
We've been continuously improving the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework since it arrived on the Digital Marketplace in April. Our development team works in 2 week 'sprints'. These are set...
How we’re iterating on Digital Outcomes and Specialists
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Sarah Cunliffe, Posted on:
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Categories:
Buyers, Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, Suppliers, User research
...user research sessions in our labs contextual research sessions in users’ offices data analysis of how buyers and suppliers are using the Digital Marketplace Start with user needs We started...
Digital Outcomes and Specialists: writing requirements
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Digital Marketplace team, Posted on:
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Categories:
Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists
We blogged about what we’ve been doing to deliver the earliest usable product. Part of this process is looking at how buyers will be able to create and publish their requirements for a project.
Delivering the earliest usable product
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Digital Marketplace team, Posted on:
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Categories:
Buyers, Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, Suppliers, User research
Since Digital Outcomes and Specialists opened for applications, we’ve been working on the buying journey. Through our research, we’ve identified the user needs and worked out the earliest usable product...
Digital Outcomes and Specialists: when users will be able to buy and sell services
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Digital Marketplace team, Posted on:
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Categories:
Buyers, Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, Suppliers
Digital Outcomes and Specialists opened for applications in December. Back then, we estimated that users would be able to buy and sell Digital Outcomes and Specialists services on the Digital...
The importance of user research during a live procurement
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Digital Marketplace team, Posted on:
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Categories:
Digital Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, Suppliers
We carry out user research for the Digital Marketplace to help us build a service that meets user needs. Talking to people about the service we’re developing and showing them...