Digital services are vital to university life. Our ambition is to equip our academics, researchers and collaborators with the highest quality digital experiences so they can continue to deliver world leading innovation and discoveries. Now we're introducing a new digital delivery model. This means we'll deliver digital solutions faster and in a more responsive way.
Watch this short video to find out more.
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Why are we doing this?
In their personal lives, staff and students are used to regular software updates on devices. Unsurprisingly, they expect the university systems to also be continuously improved as their needs change.
Sometimes large digital projects cannot meet all or changing needs of users and developments in the world. This means they don't always deliver the outcomes people expect. We don't want to introduce digital changes this way, so we're taking a product-based approach inspired by leading tech companies.
Now colleagues from across the University can work alongside technology teams. Delivery teams regularly meet with end users to discuss their needs and priorities. By seeing the world through the eyes of different end users and relying on better data, a delivery team can respond quickly and reprioritise if needs change. When everyone's ready, we release new functionality into a live environment in small steps and not all in one go.
What this means for you
If you're in a delivery team, you'll notice some new ways of working. If you're a subject matter expert, you'll have more opportunities to work with a project team or delivery team and help shape changes. If you're an end user, you can get hands on with new digital solutions sooner and more regularly.
