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Insights from COVID-19: Using a model of needs to consider an agency’s digital capabilities
Found in Blog / Published 16 December 2020 / By Colin Holden ,
Insights from COVID-19 and some considerations for the digital capabilities that are needed to strengthen government resilience and responsiveness during a crisis.
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5 lessons learnt from testing on beta.govt.nz
Found in Blog / Published 26 March 2014 / By Siobhan Cotter ,
The Govt.nz project isn’t just about building a website. It’s about government doing things differently. The project approach involves using Agile development, focusing on plain English, and embedding a tester within the project team. It turns out that when you combine these elements, you get a wide range of unexpected benefits. In this post, Siobhan Cotter talks about her experience as tester on the Govt.nz team.
On the Govt.nz project, one of the guiding principles being followed is that a fu… -
What we copied from the UK, and what we didn’t
Found in Blog / Published 05 November 2013 / By Jared Gulian ,
When we launched the beta.govt.nz website in August 2013, people noticed its striking similarity to a certain website from the United Kingdom, GOV.UK. That was no accident. The UK website is an open source project that seeks to radically redefine government online delivery and share those innovations with the world. We took them at their word.
But what exactly did we borrow from the UK? And more importantly, what did we do to ensure that our solution meets the specific needs of New Zealanders?… -
Security
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Security
All government-held information requires appropriate protection. Government agencies must consider the nature and value of the information they’re managing and the measures needed to protect it.
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Alpha
Found in Standards & guidance / Strategy and planning / Digital lifecycle / Alpha
Build services around the needs of users.
Think about the lifecycle of digital delivery.
During the alpha phase you'll be drafting and testing prototypes of aspects of your site or service, to gather input from users and knowledge about ways in which the problem statement can be addressed.
Your objective is to develop a basic working model. Base your efforts on your research in the discovery phase and shape it in response to what you hear from users and stakeholders. Try to whittle down… -
Creating information and data
Found in Standards & guidance / Governance / Managing online channels / Web information and data lifecycle / Creating information and data
As with accessibility, usability and security, good practices in online information and data management can't be applied retrospectively. It's essential that they be considered from the start of the development lifecycle.
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Government Business Capability Model
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Enterprise architecture / GEA-NZ framework / Government Business Capability Model
The Government Business Capability Model provides a set of typical business capabilities for government organisations to apply to how they operate by linking strategy to their resources and assets.
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Privacy by Design (PbD)
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Manage a privacy programme / Privacy by Design (PbD)
Privacy by Design (PbD) is a design methodology that includes privacy as an essential priority of any product, service, system or process.
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Terms and conditions for negotiating contracts for public cloud services
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Cloud services / Adopt public cloud services / Negotiate contracts for public cloud services / Terms and conditions for negotiating contracts for public cloud services
When negotiations are needed, these are terms and conditions that government organisations often consider — including the minimum areas they must consider.
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Live
Found in Standards & guidance / Strategy and planning / Digital lifecycle / Live
Build services around the needs of users.
Think about the lifecycle of digital delivery.
You've moved your site or service into a stable live phase. It meets the stakeholder needs you identified through earlier phases, you have resource and budget dedicated to maintaining it, and your analytics are configured to monitor its performance against key performance indicators (KPIs). But that doesn't mean we're done. You need to constantly review how it's performing against objec…