BCS Prize winning transformation of Government Education Data Services

SPEAKERS

Cyril Law
Peter Rottier

SYNOPSIS

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for children’s education so UK students have the necessary knowledge, skills, and qualifications.

DfE previously handled 150+ data sets through a third-party vendor but wanted to bring these services in-house in 2021. Transform implemented an automated test solution to ensure quality across the newly created Learner Data Service programme.

This saved DfE £5 million p.a. on outsourcing and developed a high-quality product through agile ways of working and team collaboration.

At this event we will share our view from the front-line.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the Agile programme delivery approach and culture change on a complex data project, including using a steel thread MVP approach to deliver value early.
2. Improve familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK and CMMI-DMM approaches to breaking deliverables down into components to deliver best practice data management frameworks
3. Understand an iterative test and learn approach to deliver a MVP to prove components and develop capability
4. Take away lessons learnt and some pointers to adopt for your future data projects
5. Understand best practice data engineering and test engineering frameworks.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Cyril Law is a Solution/Data Architect with 25+ years in big data frameworks e.g. DAMA-DMBOK data management and CDPs. CTO for Alchemetrics who specialise in Customer Data Management platforms, CTO at Outra and Solutions Director at Transunion, UK credit bureau and has delivered solutions for DfE, ASDA and FS clients.

Peter Rottier is an executive and Director in charge of all the DfE work Transform delivers, with 30+ years’ experience across the lifecycle in delivering complex IT and digital solutions to private and public sector organisations. He delivered solutions for e.g. Cadbury Schweppes, DfE, Defra and the Government Digital Service (GDS).

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