Department for Transport digital

Organisations:	Department for Transport

Working in an Agile team as a novice

Patience Osayande, DfT Passenger Services team, 20 April 2017 — Agile delivery, Digital, Transformation

A year ago, I joined the Crossing Thresholds programme, which is for women who want to develop their career in a structured and supportive environment.

DfT Hacks: our first external hackathon

Tom Ewing, Principal Data Scientist, Department for Transport, 6 April 2017 — Data, Digital, Service Design

A hackathon is an event where problems and challenges are solved innovatively, using data and technology.

Data sharing and collaboration in the West Midlands

Teresa Jolley, Creative Director, DEFT153 Ltd, 3 April 2017 — Data, Open Data, Transformation

One of the major challenges for reducing congestion and improving journey information is the sharing and use of road-related data between different organisations.

This time it's persona(l) – starting the DfT data index alpha

Richard Phillips, User Researcher, 27 February 2017 — Agile delivery, Data, Service Design, User Research

Making it easier to find and use data will help us do our jobs better - improving services and developing evidence based policy.

Findings from our data discovery

Doug Linssen, Digital Fast Streamer, 6 February 2017 — Agile delivery, Data, Transformation, User Research

We recently blogged about the start of our project to see if we could create an index for our data to make it easier to find and use.

Station to Station: passenger information trials at London Bridge

Andrew Hutton, Network Rail lead development manager, London Bridge station, 17 January 2017 — Digital

The rebuild of London Bridge station, as part of the Thameslink Programme, presented us with a great opportunity to try out some new ways of helping people find their way around a busy station.