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Stakeholders were invited to online video conference co-design sessions on a weekly basis.

The team utilized the design sessions to develop tested content, which led to the development of
five tangible learning products.

Step Four – Beta

The products have been moved into a business-as-usual maintenance status, in different parts of
government. Each product has a team who will iterate it based on a feedback loop.

In particular, the Digital Standards in Government course is linked to the Service Standards team,
who will ask teams going through a service assessment whether they have done the course.

The team:

Governance – Programme Board made up of five government bodies:

• Government Security Group
• Government Commercial Group

• Government Digital Service
• National Cyber Security Centre

• Central Digital & Data Office

Skills & Capability team

GDS worked as a multidisciplinary team which was made up of a: Product Owner, Delivery Manager,
User Researcher, Content Designer, Service Designer, and Learning & Development Lead.

Stakeholders

There was a concentrated effort to be inclusive of central government departments, with weekly
communications to all 17 Whitehall departments, interested local authorities, ALBs and the
devolved administrations. This included a standing invitation to a weekly online design session
where feedback and opinion iterated the development of the products in the alpha stage. On
average, 20 stakeholders joined each session, each representing a different department and skill
set.

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