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Auditing the Performance Platform with the MOJ

Posted by: Matt Harrington, Posted on: 6 November 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform
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...middle ground between what they have found to be really important data and unimportant data. This is a point we understand - all data may not be useful to all...

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Our new Admin App: building Performance Dashboards faster

Posted by: Matt Harrington, Posted on: 29 October 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

...always needed our developers to write the code. The Admin App, codenamed the Onboarding App, changes this. On average a new dashboard took us weeks to develop. The app means...

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Sprint notes: scoping out user need dashboards

Posted by: Rosalie Marshall, Posted on: 7 October 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

Sprint: 19 September to 2 October This sprint we’ve been investigating a new prototype dashboard that will help government service teams monitor how they are meeting user needs. The User Need Dashboard will pull together a mix of data from …

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Sprint notes: passing our Service Standard

Posted by: Rosalie Marshall, Posted on: 12 September 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

Sprint: 22 August to 4 September - The Performance Platform is now in public beta, having passed our Service Standard Assessment on the 27 August. While this sprint has been one of celebration, it has also been one of hard-core …

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Another performance dashboard for local government

Posted by: Matt Harrington, Posted on: 8 September 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

...phone line. Assessing whether this communication channel is effective could be a point of further investigation for the council. Solihull Council chief information officer, Steve Halliday, has blogged about further...

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A refreshing change: helping the Performance Platform deliver

Posted by: Jen Oliver, Posted on: 1 September 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

The Performance Platform team is growing. We've recently hired a new service manager, programme delivery manager, and a couple of new delivery managers. As one of those newbies, I thought I'd share my first impressions of the platform with you. …

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Sprint notes, 8 August to 21 August

Posted by: Rosalie Marshall, Posted on: 22 August 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

We’ve been hard at work this sprint. We’ve added new features to dashboards, while gearing up for our Service Standard Public Beta Assessment on the 27 August. Passing this assessment will give us permission from the Government Digital Service to …

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Service managers design their dream dashboards

Posted by: Will Roissetter, Posted on: 8 August 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

At the Performance Platform we regularly run workshops with service managers to get more understanding of their needs. This time we asked them to design their own dream analytics dashboards. While the dashboards sketched by service managers aren’t likely to …

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Customise your dashboard data

Posted by: Matt Harrington, Posted on: 30 July 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

...now displayed on the right hand side. You’ll also notice we now show the latest value about your service rather than the average. This is because our performance dashboards are...

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Our turn to open up

Posted by: Rosalie Marshall, Posted on: 28 July 2014 - Categories: Performance Platform

The Performance Platform team at GDS has updated the information it gives to service managers and developers with a new ‘get a dashboard’ page. This aims to give a good overview of the basic process digital teams have to go …

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