Author Archives: kristinnewark

Sprint 8 has been a whirlwind of activity with the tech team making great strides to tick off tasks such as accessibility and progress the implementation of the MVP for Newark and Sherwood. On a personal level I haven’t been around much as I moved house at the start of the sprint so whilst IContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 8 Show and Share”

Accessibility and security have been the main drivers over the past sprint. Both areas are close to completion and whilst the upcoming sprint will be move the focus towards integrations for the MVP the outstanding accessibility tickets are not forgotten and will be peppered over the next few sprints. Part of our change in focusContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 7 Show and Share”

The conclusion of sprint 6 has signalled the end of user testing and finalising of the prototype changes. The engineering team have completed a variety of work this phase including work on the service page to ensure they are accessibility compliant to AA standards and started added validation to pages. With the conclusion of userContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 6 Show and Share”

This week’s blog has a slightly different focus as a growing theme of conversations amongst our representatives from the lead councils and a challenge we have shared with other similar projects is involvement. We are so pleased to have had people from various councils involved over the different phases of the project but as timeContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 5 Show and Share – Get Involved!”

Sprint 4 has drawn to a close and thankfully the show and share didn’t grind to a halt due to the heat. The user research and prototype development is rounding out the product nicely however, we are acutely aware that we are building a product based on a very small number of different authority waysContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 4 Show and Share”

As we reach the end of sprint 3 it’s been great week to reflect on how the teamwork is starting to gel together across the different organisations as we develop the best ways of working to meet the group needs. For me it’s a pleasure to be working with a dynamic and enthusiastic group ofContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 3 Show and Share”

The temperature has been rising outside but we haven’t been stopping for ice creams with online repairs! Great progress has been made during the latest sprint with several different focus areas. Highlights have included: First user research sessions completed Insight analysis of first research sessions Updates to text in MVP Incorporate additional SOR’s Terraform techContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 2 Show and Share”

We have hit the ground running with our first sprint and made good progress including: First prototype for Newark created Drafted the phase research plan based on research aims Scheduled and planned the first research days with Newark tenants Second prototype for Newark prepared for the research days Newark have made progress with the technicalContinue reading “Beta 2 – Sprint 1 Show and Share”

It’s over 2 months since the last show and share concluded the previous phase and boy how things have moved on… Firstly Fraser has waved goodbye to City of Lincoln Council however he has boomeranged back to continue supporting the project in a different capacity having recently joined Made Tech.  He’s still more than happyContinue reading “May update – Where has the time gone?”