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    • 1. Understand users and their needs
    • 2. Solve a whole problem for users
    • 3. Provide a joined up experience across all channels
    • 4. Make the service simple to use
    • 5. Make sure everyone can use the service
    • 6. Have a multidisciplinary team
    • 7. Use agile ways of working
    • 8. Iterate and improve frequently
    • 9. Create a secure service which protects users’ privacy
    • 10. Define what success looks like and publish performance data
    • 11. Choose the right tools and technology
    • 12. Make new source code open
    • 13. Use and contribute to open standards, common components and pattern
    • 14. Operate a reliable service

Updated: February 2022

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