Posts by this team
Developing our joined-up design and seeing if it meets user needs
We built a hi-fidelity prototype and tested it with users to see if it improves their experience of working with funding data.
Communicating funding
4 March 2026
Improving access to guidance from data-driven allocation statements
In this phase of work, we’ve been gathering options and recommendations for getting users to the guidance they need.
Communicating funding
18 February 2026
Giving users a joined-up view of their funding information
We’re working on a prototype that brings allocation and payments information together, to save providers time and give them more confidence in their funding data.
Communicating funding
11 February 2026
Building a service blueprint
Turning our as-is journey map into a service blueprint for beta.
Communicating funding
3 December 2025
Producing easy to understand funding line names
One of our key tasks in private beta was to come up with a way to make funding line names in the data-driven statement easier for users to understand.
Communicating funding
17 November 2025
Running a workshop with internal operators
A time-efficient way of validating our understanding of processes in the Calculate Funding Service (CFS) and getting answers to our questions.
Communicating funding
17 November 2025
Zero value funding lines
Making zero values in statements easier for users to understand.
Communicating funding
23 October 2025
Visualising our service in alpha
How we decided on a ‘just enough mapping’ approach to give us enough context for our key journey while experimenting in an alpha.
Communicating funding
16 September 2025
Alpha ideation spikes
Making progress in our alpha by timeboxing tricky user needs.
Communicating funding
28 August 2025
Alpha sprint 4
Delivering a code-driven prototype, testing with users, and exploring more complex user needs.
Communicating funding
27 August 2025
Alpha sprint 3
Summarising our goals for this sprint, and our progress as we reach the mid-way point of this alpha.
Communicating funding
21 August 2025
Alpha sprints 1 and 2
Our goals for these sprints, and what we’ve done so far to validate our hypotheses.
Communicating funding
23 July 2025