People and Skills

7 lessons in mobilising the digital community - building a single definition of roles and skills

Capability Framework Team, CDDO, 11 January 2024 - Capabilities, Capability Framework, Communities of practice, Government Digital and Data, People and Skills

We've learnt a lot from running cross government CFDC over the last year and now we want to share seven key lessons we’ve learnt about governance

Spotlight on DDaT Webinars: Illuminating the World of Digital, Data, and Technology

Olga Winkle, CDDO, 4 October 2023 - Capabilities, Communities of practice, Community, Digital data and technology, People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression

The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) showcase their Spotlight webinars, where experienced practitioners share their insights, experience and expertise with those not working in digital, data or technology roles.

Using robots to teach basic programming with North-East school students.

Chloe Thompson, Head of Delivery Management, HMRC, 6 January 2023 - Community, Digital data and technology, Diversity and Inclusion, People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression, Women in Tech, Working at HMRC

This post explores how HMRC is using robots to encourage school girls in the North East of England to think about coding and to develop their STEM or related skills.

Supporting cross profession senior civil servants with their DDaT skills

Barbra Webber, 16 March 2022 - Digital data and technology, People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression

How we plan to support cross profession SCS to improve their digital, data and technology skills and knowledge

Introducing the Number 10 Innovation Fellows

Sonya Hussain - Community Support Manager, 4 November 2021 - Digital data and technology, People and Skills

Welcome to our first cohort of Number 10 Innovation Fellows.

Building the Introduction to Product Management Course Online and Remotely

Arfah Farooq, 6 October 2020 - Capabilities, Communities of practice, Community, Digital data and technology, People and Skills, Product Management, Skills and Learning

Find out how we built our Introduction to Product Management course online remotely, and how it performed.

How I Co-Created the Delivery Managers Learning List

Myles Jarvis, 15 May 2020 - Communities of practice, Digital data and technology, Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream, Emerging talent, People and Skills

In this post Myles Jarvis, a Delivery Manager at the Department for Education, takes you behind the scenes of the creation of the Delivery Management learning list, a useful resource for delivery managers, with the support of the cross-government delivery management community.

DeliverCon 2020: A journey of discovery in the Discovery Museum, Newcastle

Myles Jarvis, 30 April 2020 - People and Skills, Skills and Learning, Training and progression

Myles Jarvis shares his experience of attending DeliverCon 2020, the government conference for Delivery Managers, in Newcastle.

How do you attract more Software Developers into your department?

Britanni Anglestone, Talent Development Advisor, Government Digital Service (GDS), 3 February 2020 - Apprenticeships and internships, Digital data and technology, People and Skills

The Software Developer Accelerated Apprenticeship offers an opportunity to existing civil servants to retrain as junior developers. Departments, apprentices and their line managers explain what they liked most about the programme.

What is 'product leadership' and what skills do product leaders need?

Jonathan Forman, Head of the Product Management Community, Government Digital Service and Digital, Data and Technology Profession, 18 November 2019 - Communities of practice, People and Skills, Product Management

People working in product management roles often have a very broad set of responsibilities, and the role can vary greatly between departments and teams. This makes product management a difficult discipline to learn without doing. Find out more about the skills you need to be a successful product leader.

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