The strategy is delivery!
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Leisa Reichelt!
Head of User Research, Government Digital Service!
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GDS!
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“What did you do in
the digital revolution,
grandad?”!
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14/05/2014 3
Length: 4 pages!
Subtitle: “Revolution, not Evolution”!
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1. Create GDS !
2. Fix digital publishing !
3. Fix digital transactions!
4. Do it all properly!
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UX Strategy.!
Strategic UX.!
That kind of stuff.!
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Everyone has a plan, until they
get punched in the face !
– Mike Tyson!
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Strategy is just plan.!
Policy is just a theory.!
Delivery is hard.!
Delivery is what matters.!
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Making the thing gives you a
concrete thing to talk about – with
stakeholders and end users. !
Abstract things are subject to
multiple imaginations and
motivations.!
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Making the thing makes something
people assume to be impossible
seem possible.!
Making the thing makes scary
things feel exciting and achievable.!
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You learn most about good
strategy by making the thing. !
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+1 agile!
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One change in live is worth a
perfect prototype.!
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If it doesn’t go live, !
it doesn’t count.!
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Once your service is live
you can really start to learn.!
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gds.blog.gov.uk @gdsteam!
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The strategy is delivery.!
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Deliver value* quickly to earn the
right to continue.!
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*things the business values!
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Start small.!
Run fast.!
Optimise for momentum.!
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Build your strategy as you
build your service.!
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Learn about the
tactical hypotheses
for that sprint!
Continually build
and challenge
service strategies!
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gov.uk/designprinciples!
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gov.uk/servicemanual!
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tinyurl.com/gdsdesignpatterns!
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Other good strategy artifacts:!
customer journey maps,
personas, lists of
hypotheses, statements of
goals, ‘things we know’!
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Strategic documents should
be iterated with the service
and thrown away if not in
regular use.!
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The strategy is delivery.!
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Get excited and make
things.!
GDS!