Delivery Manager Andrew Howe on how replica environments support rollout confidence and protect user experience Talk of “top-secret replicas” and people would be forgiven for thinking of sinister sci-fi clones … but exactly the opposite is true within the apprenticeship …
Building digital capability in the public sector is not that easy. Gary Tucker, Head of digital for the apprenticeship service, shares 5 strategies for meeting this challenge
An insight from ESFA user researcher Ayiesha Russell into how we conduct user research and testing to help inform and improve the apprenticeship service from a user-centric perspective
Following on from my last blog and some of the feedback I received, I wanted to share the current delivery roadmap for the apprenticeship service with you. This starts to outline the most significant developments we are currently planning to …
ESFA's Eileen Logie gives her insight into transforming digital services.
How we kept the future, and others, in mind when designing the solution to a common problem.
The Customer Data Service (CDS) system was launched last November. It allows us to transfer data in near real time between the multiple contractors who deliver the National Careers Service.
The SFA runs the National Careers Service, which offers careers information, advice and guidance to citizens. We work with a number of contractors to supply the service. While this works well, it led to challenges around sharing data.
The nature of Information Systems Infrastructure has changed significantly over the past few years. Virtualisation has completely changed the way that IT departments can exploit their underlying technology platforms with cloud-based services offering the most exciting potential.
In a previous blog we explained that we have moved away from large IT contracts, handled by a single outsourcer, to a “tower model”. In this model separate IT components are supplied by different companies, and Service Integration and Management …