Reblogged from brianwernham:
Video of Universal Credit v3.0 ‘proof of concept’ running on mobile phone.
Shows slick graphics, easy text and support for claimants with families. Also
boasts change of circumstances ‘digital-by-default’.
This video released 10 minutes ago. Don’t
get too excited, as it is only planned to go live with 100 households by Nov
2014, and probably with limited functions. But it has got my spirits up after
looking at DWP accounts this afternoon!
The inside story:
This video was made early October 2013 and demonstrates the Universal Credit
v3.0 ‘Proof of concept’ software.
The 40 strong joint GDS/DWP v3.0 team followed an Agile Project Management
approach. It was ‘Agile’ and ‘test driven’, rather than ‘specification driven’.
The software was developed in 2 week ‘sprints’ in DWP’s offices over a period of
just 3 months.
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