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Future proofing the self-assessment display
As the service grows the size of the self-assessment increases in cognitive load on the user will impact their ability to successfully use the page, what are design options for how this page could be updated to address this in public BETA?
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18 March 2024
Refining the scope of the self-assessment topics
Throughout private Beta the team has iterated on the scope of content that should be included in the mimimum viable service (MVS), specifically when it comes to which areas of technology users can self-assess against.
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30 January 2024
Design options for the recommendation page format
As work continues there a concern has arisen that the size of the typical recommendation may lead to issues for users.
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15 December 2023
Evolving the landing page
As the service has developed so has the main landing (start) page
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6 November 2023
Signing in to the service
Refining the sign-in process: address issues identified as plantech users interact with the DSI (DfE Sign In) system, Part 1.
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23 October 2023
Iterating questions and recommendations
As the project has evolved the question and their associated recommendations content has also changed and developed
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3 October 2023
Prototype design changes for MVS 2
Enhancements to the prototype to enable exploration of the end-to-end user experience.
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11 August 2023
Prototype design changes for MVS 1
Running parallel to research effort on new designs for the service we built a MVS version of the prototype for use by the development team during the build process and demonstrate the shape of the first release to the wider group.
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29 June 2023
Iteration 4
In this iteration, we looked at testing hypotheses and refining functional elements for MVS (Minimum Viable Service).
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27 June 2023
Iteration 3
Moving to a different approach, creating hypotheses to form the basis for future evaluation and refining the prototype
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16 May 2023
Iteration 2
With the prototype established what we did and found testing new questions and new pages
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15 May 2023
Iteration 1
Translating the outputs from ALPHA into an Initial prototype for BETA and beginning user research
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12 May 2023
Prototype design history timeline
Timeline of Prototype evolution
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18 December 2022
The digital strategy problem space
How might we deliver a service that supports schools create a good digital strategy, and that users find valuable?
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29 November 2022
Service target audience
Defining the target audience for the service.
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28 November 2022
Name the thing
Picking the right name means that users can find a service more easily when they search online, understand what the service does and easily decide whether to use it
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27 November 2022
Objectives and Audit Questions
Designing the relationship between the setting of objectives, audit questions, the technology support model and service recommendations
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24 November 2022
Exploring Recommendations
The display and management of service generated recommendations
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23 November 2022
Dashboards & visualising progress
The features and functionality of a single point service dashboard
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22 November 2022