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User-Centred Infrastructure: Bringing Agile Thinking to the Backbone of Justice Services 

User-Centred Infrastructure: Bringing Agile Thinking to the Backbone of Justice Services 

Here at Justice Digital, we design and deliver products that make a meaningful difference in the lives of citizens, often at some of their most challenging moments. Whether it's applying for compensation after a criminal injury or securing lasting power …

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Technology at least as good as you have at home

Posted by: Arif Harbott, Posted on: 2 August 2016 - Categories: Intranet and staff tools, Technology
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We want to support the incredible work of our staff by giving them the best tools for their jobs.

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Post-its + pens x ideas = 30 inspired children

Posted by: Stuart Hollands, Posted on: 29 July 2016 - Categories: Design, Digital skills, Technology

If we want to encourage young people to think about a career in digital and technology, what should we do?  Get out there and talk to them!

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Owning it: product owners and technology

Posted by: Arif Harbott, Posted on: 26 May 2016 - Categories: Development, Technology
Lego worker holding a CTRL key detached from a laptop keyboard

We're appointing product owners to manage our computers, devices, networks and Wi-Fi, to keep our technology up to date.

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Sustaining development: the true cost of running an IT system

Posted by: Arif Harbott, Posted on: 25 May 2016 - Categories: Development, Technology
Diagram showing the costs of running an IT system

The real long-term costs of running IT or software – and why it makes sense to invest in improvements to avoid expensive glitches later on.

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Hey big spender: spend a little time on IT

Posted by: Helen Mott, Posted on: 9 May 2016 - Categories: Agile, Development, Technology, User research
Laptop displaying graphs

You should spend time exploring your options before buying or building a service, and always make sure you can change it in the future.

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Ants v elephants: microservices and monolithic systems

Posted by: Jane Stead, Posted on: 23 March 2016 - Categories: Courts and tribunals, Prisons
Leaf-cutting ants carry their piece of leaf back to the nest, where smaller workers cut the leaves into small pieces – courtesy of Wikipedia

How microservices made up of small applications can be more effective than big behemoth IT systems.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the cloud and platforms but were afraid to ask

Posted by: Scott Colfer, Posted on: 22 March 2016 - Categories: Development
Sunrise, with clouds

We’ve developed our own cloud platform service, but what does that mean – and why does it matter?

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Help with fees: doing the hard work, so you don't have to

Posted by: Kellie, Posted on: 21 March 2016 - Categories: Courts and tribunals, Design
Images of people at court and at home with the form

The public were doing all the hard work in assessing their eligibility for financial help with court and tribunal fees. A new service places the administrative task with court staff.

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How we're transforming justice: Digital Justice speech at Sprint 16

Posted by: Arif Harbott, Posted on: 26 February 2016 - Categories: Courts and tribunals, Development, Prisons, User research
Arif Harbott's speech on Digital Justice and transforming the justice system at the Sprint 16 government digital event on 11 February 2016.

Arif Harbott, our Chief Digital & Information Officer, talks about transforming the justice system at the Sprint 16 government digital conference.

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Platforms, postcodes and pushing services live: a year in the life of our platforms team

Posted by: Al Davidson, Posted on: 15 February 2016 - Categories: Development
The MOJ Digital platforms team

How our platforms team created a postcode lookup service, developed a toolkit for live services and slashed hosting costs, all before its 1st birthday.

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