The Lab+ research-backed visions of government service delivery show future state models, which allow us to work backwards and reverse-engineer the components and requirements of the vision. This post is a snapshot of our first attempt to identify the sorts of functionality needed to support these future states. Continue reading Lab+: Reverse engineering the future states
In June, the Lab+ Government as a Platform team ran a small workshop with people from private, community and government sectors to explore the idea of third parties building value on top of government components. The results are published here. Continue reading Lab+: Outcomes from the Industry and Community Sector Workshop on Govt as a Platform
Collaboration is widely seen as the best way to work together across agency boundaries so that we can deliver user-centred, integrated services. But what exactly is collaboration and how can we tell if we’re doing it well? Continue reading Lab+: Collaboration
An overview of the Lab+ work outcomes through the useful lens of a life event: to build some experimental future states for government service delivery, built entirely around the user’s needs. Continue reading Lab+: Potential future states for government service delivery
The Department of Internal Affairs will be holding a workshop on web accessibility for content authors in Wellington on 18 July. Continue reading Web accessibility workshop for content authors
Lab+ is creating an integrated service through the lens of a life event; it’s integrated discovery that’s user-centred and collaborative. Continue reading Lab+: Discovering, Measuring, Learning
Learning from Estonia about Government as a platform: what they’ve done and how it fits into the New Zealand context. Continue reading E-government in Estonia and ‘Government as a platform’ in New Zealand
Hi all, we are in the final sprint for our Lab+ experiment in exploring new models of government service delivery on the back of “government as a platform”. You can backread the journey to date using the LabPlus tag on this blog. This has been a short, sharp 12-week initiative and we’ll be wrapping it up and writing it up by 30 … Continue reading Status update on Lab+: the final sprint!
We’ve published some guidelines to help people create useful, usable content, and some tips to help anyone managing a web development project to deal with their content. Continue reading Content design and management guidelines
In July, the Department of Internal Affairs will be holding three workshops on web accessibility for content authors and developers. One of the workshops will be held in Wellington, and two in Auckland. Continue reading Upcoming web accessibility workshops