Showing the thing: our technical architecture
The Cabinet Office Technology Transformation programme was established to replace an end-of-life outsourced IT service.
Delivery
The internet is a good thing
When we approached delivering new common technology services for the Cabinet Office and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, we decided early on that the internet should be used, rather than blocked.
Choosing technology that is “at least as good as people have at home”
A little over a year ago, I published a blog post which outlined a vision for showcasing “a different way of delivering technology to the civil service”.
We’ve delivered (most of) the IT, we are delivering better ways of working
After a flurry of posts last year, we have been a bit quiet on this blog recently. That’s not because the project hasn’t been making progress - quite the contrary. We have had a frenetic few months as we got …
Making an IT service: design phases
Much like any project at GDS or on the digital transformation programme the Cabinet Office Technology programme, which will deliver modern, flexible technology services that are at least as good as those people use at home, is following the service design pattern …