I recently attended a presentation at the Citizen Access Open Delivery Lunch. Here are a few facilitation exercises we explored that help build connections and engage your team.
James Stewart
Previously Co-Founder of Government Digital Service & Deputy CTO, UK Government.
Why lots of software projects get messy
Most teams aren’t aware of how to reduce their baseline cost-of-change and much less how to optimise their design for their circumstances. The most common warning sign is when your software engineers fear changing the code.
Streamline and secure access to your services with Made Tech Evidence
We’ve built a SaaS product to take the hassle out of getting the information local authorities need from their users to provide their services.
Week 23 notes
We thought we’d try blogging some week notes – probably not every week, but as much as we can. Each time, a handful of the Made Tech team will share a few notes and thoughts about what we’ve been up to, and things we’ve learned along the way.
Diversity in tech: representation matters
Today I’m sharing a bit about my journey into tech as a Black woman and the reasons we need to build more diverse teams.
How we’re shaping our Housing Repairs product to address communal repair needs
Since releasing our Housing Repairs SaaS product in March, we’ve been working to extend the product’s functionality. In the last few weeks we’ve added support for communal repairs.
Made Tech is now carbon neutral
We’re proud to announce we’ve achieved the first of our major environmental goals – we’ve been certified as a carbon neutral company.
Week 24 notes: time flies when you’re having fun
In our week 24 notes: Temi Ogunniran and Ana Santos from our business analysis and events teams, as well as some links shared recently at Made Tech about jargon, typefaces, and tea-brewing.
Queer Tech Bristol: building a community
Queer Tech Bristol is an LGBTQIA+ tech community meetup. We welcome anyone who’s queer and vaguely interested in technology or works with computers in some way.
Some useful accessibility resources
It was Global Accessibility Awareness Day earlier this month. So we thought we’d share some useful links to do with accessibility. This post includes some useful links shared in our #accessibility Slack channel.
