Re:What I learned in two years of moving government forms on...
by frosted-flakes on Friday March 19, 2021 @07:32PM
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Change needs to come from the top. The UK did it with Gov.UK, and their success inspired many other governments around the world to follow them.
Re:What I learned in two years of moving government forms on...
by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @04:59AM
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And how long did it take?
I think Gov.UK was (and is) great, but it's entirely possible that doing a lift and shift of the paper based forms might have gotten more done in a shorter time.
Change is hard. Radical change, all at once inside a big organization is near impossible.
In this case, it’s a great first step to get all this info out of paper and wooden inboxes and into a more accessible form.
Doing so still leaves open the potential for reinventing high-priority forms and workflows. It also makes it easier, because now the team can easily ask questions like, “how many people use this?” And “how much time do we spend on this?” Etc.
In short, while you might be right wrt. producing innovation, sometimes the first step is to just put it on the internet.