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There are many products, tools, standards and guidance about creating government services. We want to make these findable and valuable for the people who build, transform or run government services.
To help us do this we have identified 98 high level tasks that people do when building, transforming or running a government service. Please tell us which 5 feel most important to you. This will help us to prioritise CDDO's development of its products and services.
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If you have any questions about the survey, please contact
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Question 1.
What is your role?
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Question 2.
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Question 3.
Which organisation or department do you work for?
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Question 4.
If you're happy to tell us the name of the service or services you are working on or have worked on then please add them here
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Question 5.
Please select the 5 tasks that are the most important to you when you are building, transforming or running a service.
The long list may look overwhelming, but it's part of a specific research methodology called 'Top Tasks'. The overly-long list is designed to prompt an instinctive response and to make it less possible for participants to overthink. Thank you for persisting and avoiding overthinking!
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Conduct a quality assessment of a cloud enviroment
Meeting WCAG accessibility requirements (guidelines / regulations / standards)
Carry out a social media security assessment
Make technology, systems and infrastructure accessible and inclusive
Using and creating APIs
Prototype products and services
Manage caseloads efficiently
Manage cost constraints of data sharing
Find out how to manage and secure a domain (e.g. find out how to choose a good registrar)
Get a template for an accessibility statement
Work with legislative barriers to a service
Testing the performance of your service technology
Reduce reliance on paper based systems
Understand how to meet the Service Standard at assessment
Procure technology and services
Planning to develop a service
Find out what I need to do to comply to the Technology Code of Practice
Make a case to transform a service
Comply to the Local Digital Declaration
Understand the full product lifecycle from product strategy to retirement
Submit data to CDDO about how you're using AI algorithms
Get a non-government domain name
Use social media securely
Apply for a .gov.uk domain
Assess a services' ability to meet the Service Standard
Know if my service is dependent on another service
Review if a top level domain is being used effectively
Repurpose DDaT standards and guidance in my own organisation
Apply for an api.gov.uk domain
Setting up a .service.gov.uk domain / getting my service on GOV.UK
Finding out what Digital, Data and Technology roles do and the skills you need at different role levels
Know what my services data protection requirements are
Reduce digital service drop out rates
Build an app
Understand which standards apply to the technology project I am working on
Setting up and manage an email domain securely
Monitor, measure and publish service performance data
Design an accessible service
Making content accessible
User research methods and best practices
Manage the different stages of API design (discovery, alpha, beta, live)
Understand complex policy
Build your IT infrastructure so it supports data and API processes
Provide feedback on standards, guidance or assurance
Find DDaT contacts in government
How to publish and share data, including adding metadata
Providing assisted digital support
Design my organisational structure around service delivery
Understand phases of agile service delivery
Identify underlying legacy systems or technologies your service relies on
Planning and preparing for User Research
Align or learn about agile working practices
Understand what is required in a Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
Use large language models
How to apply GOV.UK design patterns and components
Design and build APIs to meet government API standards
Onboarding to the DDaT profession, understanding its purpose and approach
Design a service for users (adopting a user-centred approach)
Share your work across government
Increase sustainability throughout the lifecycle of technology
Procure DDaT Skills
Configure security certificates on a domain
Putting together a service team
Run a live service team
Make technology work with existing technologies, processes and infrastructure in my organisation
Understand the 'Great' performance framework
Keep your domain name secure
Set service level indicators (SLIs) for APIs
Using data appropriately and responsibly in a new policy or service
Write API documentation
Work with a service that requires human interaction
Reduce reliance on legacy IT
Align to DDaT capability models for government
Increase adoption of digital service
Clarifying job roles and responsibilities
Managing software development and process
Find a government API by department
Find DDaT Communities in government
Publish my code and use open source software to improve transparency, flexibility and accountability.
See a set of profiles highlighting common barriers users face when accessing digital services
Testing for accessibility (including doing an accessibility audit or check)
Understand DDaT governance
Find out the principles that describe how the government should use and manage AI
Collecting, processing and storing users’ personal information securely
Understand what I need to pass CDDO spend control
Create commercial frameworks
Collaborate across government
Define a purchasing strategy
Protecting the service from fraud
Know if my service is 100% on cloud or not
Understand legal requirements around accessibility
Understand when a service assessment is needed
Understanding the scope of the service
Share and reuse technology, data and services
Developing a community of practice
When and why to use different API types (eg GraphQL)
See what data standards government is using
Use public cloud solutions first
Build technology in line with standards