Beta phase project log
Weeks 1–2 | 5th-19th June 2020 | Kickoff / wider engagement strategy / creating / creating 6 parallel instances of the service / adoption strategy. Show & Tell Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 |
Weeks 3–4 | 19th June-3rd July 2020 | Engagement strategy / sharing validation requirements / maps. Show & Tell Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 |
Weeks 5–6 | 3rd July–17th July 2020 | Validation requirement mapping / API. Show & Tell Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4. |
Weeks 7–8 | 17th July–31st July 2020 | Service Design (first half) – Clickable walkthrough. Validation requirements / rules Slides |
Weeks 9–10 | 31st July– 14th Aug 2020 | Service Design (second half) – Clickable walkthrough Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 11–12 | 14th Aug– 28th Aug 2020 | Roadmapping / onboarding requirements mapping Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 13–14 | 28th Aug– 11th Sep 2020 | Validation rules research / User Research / Adding the LDD data / Getting into flow writing / Setting up a Content Team Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 15–16 | 11th Sep– 25th Sep 2020 | Benefits case / user research / Redesigning nav & triage / Find out if you need planning permission 1 Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 17–18 | 25th Sep– 9th Oct 2020 | Certificate of Lawful Development Data / Validation research / User research / Database + API / Find out if you need planning permission / Article 4s Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 19–20 | 9th Oct– 23rd Oct 2020 | User research / Find out if you need planning permission content / Certificate of Lawfulness Service Map Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 21–22 | 23rd Oct– 6th Nov 2020 | GOV.UK Pay partner preparation / MVP user stories and content design workshops / User testing updates / Apply for Certficate of Lawfulness Mockup / Mapping A4s / Result filtering / Pay Component, Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 23–24 | 6th Nov– 20th Nov 2020 | Content design / workshop with enforcement officers / User testing updates / Development of the Certificate of Lawfulness service design & content / Adding a ‘prospective’ rear extension to the service mockup for testing Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 25–26 | 20th Nov– 4th Dec 2020 | Ownership form / Materials form / Officer survey / User research updates / Send data component / Article 4 / Shaping user expectations around ‘pre-assessment’ Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 27–28 | 4th Dec– 18th Dec 2020 | First test of our scenario testing system / User testing updates / A4s / Notify Component / Feedback / Demo of ‘Apply for Certificate of Lawfulness’ skeleton service Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 29–30 | 18th Dec– 1st Jan 2021 | Christmas break |
Weeks 31–32 | 1st Jan 2021– 15th Jan 2021 | Scenario preparation for testing / initial RIPA→BOPS integration / form va lidations / footer Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 33–34 | 15th Jan 2021– 29th Jan 2021 | Testing ‘Find out if you need planning permission’ / monitoring and evaluation plan Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 35–36 | 29th Jan 2021– 12th Feb 2021 | Officer testing feedback / user testing feedback / GIS update / more data to BOPs / GIS automations / Result / Changes to service and content Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 37–38 | 12th Feb 2021– 26th Feb 2021 | Development backlog prioritisation / Developing the testing scenarios / Basic all-the-way-through ‘Apply for Certificate of Lawfulness’ to BOPS. Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 39–40 | 26th Feb 2021– 12th Mar 2021 | User testing feedback on LDC service / State persist / New features and bug fixes Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 41–42 | 12th Mar 2021– 26th Mar 2021 | Adding test scenarios / API endpoint / Results / Calculate fees Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 43–44 | 26th Mar 2021– 9th Apr 2021 | Omegas / Officer scenario testing / Pay Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 45–46 | 9th Apr 2021– 23rd Apr 2021 | Officer testing / non-planner testing / Edge case scenario testing / Benefits case update / Infrastructure / Confirmation pages Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 47–48 | 23rd Apr 2021– 7th May 2021 | Roadmap / more scenario testing / Prior Approvals / Bux A4s / Logic engine upgrade Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 49–50 | 7th May 2021– 21st May 2021 | Testing updates / Data-driven reporting demo / Three LDC services / The Big GIS hookup / GPDO 6 updates Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 51–54 | 21st May 2021– 18th June 2021 | Preparations for Private BETA / How we are collecting and processing feedback. Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 55–56 | 21st Jun 2021– 2nd July 2021 | Launch of Private BETA. ‘All the things we want to improve’ demo Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 57–58 | 2nd July 2021– 16th July 2021 | User testing / Content (simplifying text, defining concepts) / Publish button Slides Show & Tell |
Weeks 59–60 | 16th Jul 2021– 30th July 2021 | User testing change of use / Content (validations, planning constraints) Slides, E2E testing, Draw Boundary 2.0 Slides, Show & tell |
Weeks 61–64 | 30th Jul 2021– 27th Aug 2021 | - Feedback from BETA users / User testing subdivisions / GDPO Updates / Maps / Improving deployment Slides, Show & tell |
Weeks 65–66 | 27th Aug 2021– 10th Sep 2021 | User testing immunity / Making components accessible / See your data when you click back Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 66–67 | 10th Sep 2021– 24th Sep 2021 | Feedback from live applications / Content review / Accessibility progress / ‘Wrong authority’ invalidation. Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 67–68 | 24th Sep 2021– 8th Oct 2021 | User testing immunity / Making components accessible / See your data when you click back Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 68–69 | 8th Oct 2021– 22nd Oct 2021 | User testing extensions / Guidance for drawings / Slides / Find property / A look ahead Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 70–73 | 22nd Oct 2021– 19th Nov 2021 | Content style guide / Building types detected automatically / Fetch planning constraints from site outline / Snaps on maps Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 70–73 | 19th Nov 2021– 17th Dec 2021 | Email notifications review / Accessibility fixes / Analytics 1.0 / Commit notes on editor Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 74–82 | 10th Jan 2022 – 3rd Mar 2022 | First combined show and tell Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 83–86 | 3rd Mar 2022 - 30th Mar 2022 | Analytics, Digital Land integration, High level roadmap, Prior Approval mapping Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 87–90 | 30th Mar 2022 - 26th Apr 2022 | WCAG Approval, Save & Return, Uniform integration, BOPS Validation wizard, BOPS 2-factor-authentication Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 91–94 | 26th Apr 2022–25th May 2022 | BOPs accessibility, Application reference numbers, RIPA penetration testing, Save & Return notifications, Agricultural buildings content Onboarding checklist Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 95–98 | 25th May 2022–22nd June 2022 | BOPS Applicant, Improvements to Red line tool, Data for the Mayor of London, Three months of analytics from Southwark’s ‘Find out if...’ service Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 99–102 | 22nd June 2022–20th July 2022 | BOPS: Post-validation amendments, planning history integration, RIPA: Uniform integration Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 103–115 | 20th July 2022–14th Sep 2022 | BOPS: Sign-off, planning history RIPA: Improving send, Help button testing, digital planning tube map Slides, Show & Tell |
Weeks 116–119 | 20th July 2022–14th Sep 2022 | RIPA: Improving file upload BOPS: Observation day, PDF or digital red line. GENERAL: communications,onboarding reflections Slides, Show & Tell |
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