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Roadmap

What we're working on

Always be available, accessible and accurate

What we've done

  • privacy notices
  • accessibility audit
  • shared ownership pages
  • webchat
  • trees pages
  • contact us page
  • allotments page
  • rewrite text for landing pages
  • planning pages
  • Leisure microsite launched
  • Safer New Forest microsite launched
  • North Solent SMP microsite launched
  • Appletree Careline redesign
  • use sentence case for headings and page titles
  • homepage optimisation
  • made links clearer to meet accessibility law
  • scoring matrix

Working on now

  • style guide
  • PDF audit
  • tables audit
  • adding CTAs to landing page
  • design patterns guide
  • optimisations (3 per month)
  • quick wins - content that needs aligning with new web standards but not an optimisation
  • workshop and actions with the Building Control team

Exploring

  • information architecture
  • content strategy
  • agile working
  • website font
  • review use of forms
  • review mapping
  • how to present strategies and policies

Support the council's priorities and corporate plan

What we've done

  • coronavirus content across the site
  • agreed a set of KPIs for the website: accessibility, optimisations, user satisfaction

Working on now

  • waste strategy
  • replacing forestnet intranet
  • supporting cxm project digital phase 2
  • continue iterating coronavirus guidance and products to meet the evolving user needs and support our response

Exploring

  • how to support recovery for local businesses
  • how to measure user satisfaction

Connect insights across newforest.gov.uk to enable joined-up service delivery

What we've done

  • monthly data dashboard
  • monitor Hotjar, Siteimprove and Google Analytics
  • fortnightly data insights meeting with customer services and MI team
  • conducted first split test using Google optimize

Working on now

  • getting business version of Hotjar to better understand users
  • review use of friendly urls

Exploring

  • Google Analytics 4
  • using core model for top pages
  • top tasks analysis

Be aware of new technology and behaviour and how people want to access our information and services

What we've done

  • using Hotjar to view and review what users are doing
  • in-house training on user testing including webinar with Maria Lorenzo-Dus, User Researcher
  • optimised on-site search

Working on now

  • review of tools and software
  • audit of search terms

Exploring

  • SEO audit
  • user research plan

Support and engage with the organisation and beyond

What we've done

  • content club
  • digital leaders conference
  • working with Content Design London
  • GOSS Slack channel

Working on now

  • building relationships with peers

Exploring

  • how to reach the wider organisation for example getting involved with inclusion week (end September 21)

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