gds and government as a platform | felicity singleton | march 2016
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Felicity SingletonHead of Policy and Departmental EngagementGovernment Digital Service@fjsingleton
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GDS was formed to support Departments to deliver digital transformation across Government
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Last parliament, GDS focused on projects which helped departments get the skills to digitally transform
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We also built a few platforms, saving a reasonable amount of money and improving services for a lot of people
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Through that work, we saw a pattern of repeated effort in the way services were developed
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How to design a service wellHow to take paymentsHow to host servicesEtc etc...
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We saw an opportunity to drive much greater efficiency in the way that we deliver digital services
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Design patternsShared codePlatformsDataHostingPeople and skills
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We call this Government as a Platform
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These elements help assemble services and are parts of it
They make is quicker, cheaper, and simpler to build and run great services
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A service might use any of these elements but the end to end service is owned by the department team
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Data
GOV.UK Notify
GOV.UK Pay
Hosting
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This parliament, GDS will focus on supporting departments as they transform by building cross-government platforms, and developing common tools and components for them to use
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Take hosting…
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At the moment, every service in government builds its own way of managing hosting…
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15Cloud 1 Cloud 2
Project 1 Project 2
Agency 1
Project 3
Clould 1
Logging
Monitoring
Alerting
Database
Message Queue
Search
Dept 1
Logging
Monitoring
Alerting
Database
Message Queue
Search
Logging
Monitoring
Alerting
Database
Message Queue
Search
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That leads to lots of duplication, which takes time and, often, a lot of money
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A simpler way would be to build a platform that services could plug into…
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Government PaaS
18Public Cloud 1 Public Cloud 3Public Cloud 2
Project 1 Project 2
Agency 1
Project 3
Dept 1
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This way, a central team can manage the hosting, monitoring tools and contracts while departments focus on transformation
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We’ve already started building platforms…
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GOV.UKA platform for publishing used across government
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GOV.UK VerifyA platform for identity, currently in public beta
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Performance PlatformReal-time information about service use
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Digital MarketplaceA single place to buy or commission technology
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Blogging platformA lightweight publishing tool for open working
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We’re starting to build more…
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GOV.UK PayQuickly integrate payments into services
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Platform as a ServiceEssential technical services – monitoring, configuration, etc – for all of government
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GOV.UK NotifyProactively alert users about services and applications to reduce unnecessary contact
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And we’re developing service patterns - consistent ways for services to meet common, generic needs across Government
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For example, a licensing service pattern will allow any organisation granting licences to draw on the common components that are transferable between different licensing services.
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Common Technology Services will develop blueprints for technology solutions that can be used across departments, from cloud hosting, to wifi, to the computers we use
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And we’re building registers - trustworthy canonical lists of data made available in digital formats that can be easily consumed by services
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These and more will transform users’ experience of government
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Doing it right will make booking appointments much simpler
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Doing it right will make applying for a licence more convenient
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Doing it right will make government more efficient
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All of these approaches are just as applicable across the wider public sector
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We encourage reuse of our resources, tools and platforms where appropriate
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And we want to collaborate to share our experiences and learn from others
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The opportunities are huge - for better services, delivered quickly and cheaply
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Most importantly, it will improve even more people’s lives
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Thanks!
Felicity Singleton@fjsingleton