I’m really pleased to be sharing our Digital Comms roadmap for the next quarter. It’s the first time we’ve publicly shared it. It’s our way of explaining what we’ve done, what we’re doing and what we think we’re going be doing next.
Continue reading: Our new roadmap
Category: governance
Why every digital team needs a ‘DPAB’
I published a post last summer about the positive effect a new project management framework was having for us and those we work with. A lot has happened since then, but, through it all, DPAB has doggedly and determinedly continued to meet every Wednesday to triage, assess and prioritise. We couldn’t do without it. So, what is DPAB and why do you need one?
Continue reading: Why every digital team needs a ‘DPAB’
A new framework for digital projects
We introduced a new project management framework and governance function a year ago. It’s transformed our ability to respond effectively and flexibly to priority business needs. In the first of two posts, deputy head of digital comms Alex Pardoe explains how.
Where we were
When I started in this role in early in 2017, the team was really struggling to cope with the competing demands from across the University. These sort of things:
- Work requests could arrive from anywhere: email, phone calls, Yammer comments, meeting minutes, post-it notes on desks, chats in kitchen area, chats in the pub etc.
- Objectives undefined/entirely absent – why are we going to do this work?
- Scope of work undefined – what are we going to do, when do we know we’ve done it… and do they agree?
- No one talked about cost.
- And many, many more…