In our modern world, digital transformation can be a complex activity. In some areas it's clear what needs to be done, in others you need to first set up the conditions for success before you start to see the change …
In the first of a two-part series, one of the trailblazers of user research in Defence, Dr Silvia Grant, shares some of her insights from conducting user research with the Armed Forces. As the Defence Digital Service (DDS) celebrates its …
To mark Safer Internet Day, Claire Fry, Director Functional Integration, offers her tips on how to keep children safe online. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more important than ever to connect with our loved ones through social media …
For those working in digital across government, the Service Standard and assessment process will be familiar as a unifying vision of what good looks like for the design, build and running of services. The Government Digital Service (GDS) formally brought …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fest is a conference series started by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the MOD’s research arm, in 2018. Beginning as a small, largely internal, conference it has rapidly grown into the UK’s largest Defence and …
Rich Crowther, Head of the Defence Digital Service (DDS), explains why we think that - even in Defence - we can secure our OFFICIAL workloads better in the public cloud than we can on-premises. In Defence we’re starting to make …
Tom Stewart, Assistant Head of Modernisation for Veterans UK, a pillar of MOD’s Defence Business Services (DBS) reflects on the Alpha assessment process for digitising the process to apply for the Armed Forces Compensation and War Pensions Schemes. My team …
In early August 2020, we started exploring interoperability and interchangeability between Royal Navy and US Navy digital applications. We used a virtual workshop to establish links between two digital delivery teams, test methods for international collaboration and develop deeper technical …
How Defence Digital’s Application Service and Development & Operations (DevOps) Team (ASDT) and Defence Business Services (DBS) are making administration tasks easier by addressing an age-old problem. Sometimes it’s hard to see the problem with how you’re doing things. Sometimes …
Balancing civilian and military life For the last 20 years I’ve had had two careers. Throughout various parts of my life they’ve taken different priorities. And sometimes each has wanted a little more than the other will allow. But for …