Data Strategy in practice - Introduction and strategic ambitions

Reflections on research by the Digital, Data and Technology team in May 2025 with 15 organisations. This is the first in a series of blog posts on the topic.
Reflections on research by the Digital, Data and Technology team in May 2025 with 15 organisations. This is the first in a series of blog posts on the topic.
Read how DDaT's Monitoring and Evaluation team designed an evaluation methodologly to capture data from a M365 Copilot trial.
What started as a formal requirement has evolved into a more collaborative, human, and forward-thinking process. It is about helping teams build better services, not just pass a test.
This blog provides guidelines and tips for observing user research sessions ethically. It emphasises the importance of respecting participants and maintaining the integrity of the research process.
How the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is improving evidence reviews.
How using data analysis made a major migration to Windows 11 quicker and easier to manage.
How DDaT built 2 new personalised services for UK businesses and how they meet government ambitions.
How a DBT data team created an AI fact-checking tool during the Paris Hackathon.
Find out how and why DDaT has taken the important step of self-hosting LLMs within a secure, internal environment.
DBT’s service management team successfully transferred 2TB of data to help train an AI tool that helps reviewing digital records.