Digital

  • Browser compatibility during beta

    14th August 2015 by

    This is a post by Calum Shepherd, our Head of Digital Strategy. When thinking about our beta iteration of www.mygov.scot six months ago, we decided to firm up our understanding of which browsers we intended on supporting. Compatibility decisions were based upon our understanding of who we thought would be using the website and their current browser choice and version….

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  • Our new stakeholder management function

    13th March 2015 by

    This is a post by Alexander Holt, Head of Transition, Digital Public Services & Business Transformation division We’re pleased to announce the arrival of the Stakeholder Manager team to the Digital Public Services and Business Transformation division. Their role is to engage with, and act as a conduit between Scottish public sector organisations and the…

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  • Organised for Digital Delivery

    3rd March 2015 by

    This is a post by Scott McLear, Business Communications Manager at mygov.scot For those that do not already know, Robbie Parish has decided to move on from Scottish Government after two years. During this time he has been instrumental in establishing the mygov.scot programme and managed the transformation of GLOW, the Scottish schools’ intranet. Today…

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  • Cross-government(s) user researchers meetup

    23rd February 2015 by

    This is a post by Kate Saunderson and Sam Tilston, User Researchers at Scottish Government The first “UK – Scottish Cross-Government(s) user researchers meet up” took place in Edinburgh on January 26th. Sadly scheduling conflicts prevented Leisa Reichelt (Head of User Research at the Government Digital Service) from coming along, but we have her scheduled in for next time!…

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  • The vast potential of digital public services

    24th September 2014 by

    This is our first guest blog post by Kathryn Wane, Policy Officer at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). More public services are going digital. It’s time to ask “what would you like to do online?” Let’s be ambitious! I’m guessing you’re online or else you wouldn’t be reading this blog. So as you’re…

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  • mygov.scot glossary

    21st September 2014 by

    This is a post by Donald Izuagba, one of our Business Analysts within the mygov.scot team This glossary is a summary of key phrases used in the development of mygov.scot. If you’d like to know more about a term that’s not covered here, please let us know.

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  • Analysing what will be mygov.scot by David Bell, lead business analyst

    6th June 2014 by

    Business analysis is often at the forefront of major business and internet change programmes, but what role does it play in mygov.scot? I’m one of a small team of business analysts (BAs) working within the programme. Within the early stages of the mygov.scot programme we have focussed on various aspects to help define what mygov.scot…

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  • Why Agile?

    6th June 2014 by

    Why Agile? To a lot of people, Agile is just a fad, a new approach to software development that keeps post-it makers and whiteboard marker manufacturers enjoying the good life. It may work for start-ups, Google and Facebook type organisations but it won’t work here. It’s a passing fad like Six Sigma, Total Quality Management…

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