That's it - so which part of the 152 page report or the 272 pages of appendices in particular are you talking about? Perhaps some critique and not <angry man on the internet>
Its at the bottom of the article - here is the text, in the article there are 2 links. This is what the Foundations of the Digital State is about - you should read the Executive Summary - and if you like that, dig in deeper.
I've now had a chance to read the Executive summary and downloaded the full report. It is a very technical document and could have done with some editing to make it more readable.
For example I have difficulty understanding "The first pass of improving iteration is to bring design and testing activities from the end of the process to the beginning. For major projects prototype systems should be developed before legislation is drafted. These would have limited functionality, not be scalable, or perhaps just be paper prototypes. Policy and delivery teams need to be integrated" let alone - "On first glance, the legislative process puts iteration into the deep freeze. Once the law is the law, the systems must comply with it. Close examination shows that major systems like Universal Credit or Scottish Social Security have a more continuous specification of functionality - and the mechanism used is just secondary legislation. The recommendations include making legislative iteration a first class and, crucially, designed process."
It is a technical document yes, because building country scale digital systems is a profoundly technical task, as is legislation, running a parliament and a government.
this is pure gibberish!
That's it - so which part of the 152 page report or the 272 pages of appendices in particular are you talking about? Perhaps some critique and not <angry man on the internet>
I haven't been able to find a link to any report and the link to The Digital State doesn't seem to be working
Its at the bottom of the article - here is the text, in the article there are 2 links. This is what the Foundations of the Digital State is about - you should read the Executive Summary - and if you like that, dig in deeper.
All 5 links in the article work for me. What link do you mean when you say "Digital State"?
I've now had a chance to read the Executive summary and downloaded the full report. It is a very technical document and could have done with some editing to make it more readable.
For example I have difficulty understanding "The first pass of improving iteration is to bring design and testing activities from the end of the process to the beginning. For major projects prototype systems should be developed before legislation is drafted. These would have limited functionality, not be scalable, or perhaps just be paper prototypes. Policy and delivery teams need to be integrated" let alone - "On first glance, the legislative process puts iteration into the deep freeze. Once the law is the law, the systems must comply with it. Close examination shows that major systems like Universal Credit or Scottish Social Security have a more continuous specification of functionality - and the mechanism used is just secondary legislation. The recommendations include making legislative iteration a first class and, crucially, designed process."
It is a technical document yes, because building country scale digital systems is a profoundly technical task, as is legislation, running a parliament and a government.