Search results for legislation as code
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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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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… -
Common Web Platform first update
Found in Blog / Published 18 December 2013 / By Bene Anderson ,
Bene Anderson, product manager for the Common Web Platform (CWP), shares the first in a regular series of updates regarding the CWP.
Welcome to the first edition of the Common Web Platform (CWP) newsletter. By creating these posts I aim to keep agency staff and their web providers up to date with what’s happening on the CWP. I will be providing information about what agencies are doing, as well as work undertaken by DIA, SilverStripe and Revera.
I will publish a newsletter every 2 months. If y… -
GEA-NZ dimension: Application and software services
Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Enterprise architecture / GEA-NZ framework / Dimensions of the GEA-NZ framework / GEA-NZ dimension: Application and software services
The application and software services dimension is one of the 4 core dimensions that represent the operational aspects of your enterprise architecture.
