Evaluate what technology, tools and systems will be used to build, host, operate and measure the service and how to procure them.

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How point 11 improves the service

Evaluating the tools and systems they use to build their service helps they to:

  • check any risks or constraints associated with them
  • avoid contracts that lock them in and stop them improving their service
  • build a sustainable system which they can easily manage after their service goes live

How they’ll be assessed

Their assessment and the questions the assessors ask them will vary depending on their service and what it does.

In the discovery assessment

To pass, the service team usually need to:

  • show they’ve identified the building blocks needed for alpha and shown an approach for deconstructing the service into building blocks
  • show they can provide an indication of how the alpha product can be evolved for use in beta
  • show they’ve considered different technical choices and considered how they are value for money
  • show they’ve identified procurement approaches for alpha

In the alpha assessment

To pass, the service team usually need to:

  • describe the languages, frameworks and other technical choices they’ve made in alpha, and how this will affect the decisions they make in beta
  • describe the set of programming tools they’d like to choose for beta and why
  • describe how they’ll get value for money when buying any tools
  • describe how they’ll monitor the status of their service

In the beta assessment

To pass, the service team usually need to:

  • explain how they’re managing the limits placed on their service by the technology stack they’ve chosen, any changes that have been made and why
  • explain how they’re managing the limits placed on their service by the development toolchain they’ve chosen, any changes they’ve made during beta and why
  • explain what they’ve bought, how they’re getting value for money and how they will continue to get value for money
  • demonstrate how they’ll monitor the status of their service
  • explain the support arrangements they have in place, in normal hours and out of hours
  • explain any decisions they’ve outsourced to third parties and why they chose to do this