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Developing your digital career

Explore and expand on your digital career path in government.

This section is designed for those who are:

  • not new to digital, but new to the Australian Public Service (APS) or
  • working in the APS already.

As you become established in your role, you may start to gain a strategic view on digital’s role in the APS.

You may want to connect with peers across government, to find opportunities and share knowledge.

If you:

  • have been a digital professional for more than 2 years
  • are looking to broaden your skillset or gain more advanced expertise in your existing role.

Then we think you will find this information useful.

Retrospectives

This guide shows how to get started with a retrospective (retro) meeting. This guide shows how to get started with a retrospective (retro) meeting.

Agile

Agile is a set of principles, behaviours and approaches for delivering work. Many organisations successfully operate in agile. Agile is a set of principles, behaviours and approaches for delivering work. Many organisations successfully operate in agile.

Multidisciplinary teams

Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) have all of the skills required to deliver and improve products and services. Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) have all of the skills required to deliver and improve products and services.

Stand-ups

This guide introduces concepts and a basic model of stand-ups meetings to get you started. This guide introduces concepts and a basic model of stand-ups meetings to get you started.

Women in IT Executive Mentoring

The Dell Women in IT Executive Mentoring (WITEM™) program is for Executive Level 2 (EL2) women who work in all areas of data and digital. Our Dell Women in IT Executive Mentoring program is for talented EL2 women in APS who want to progress as a leader within the data and…

Products and services

Digital transformation involves changing the way we deliver our work. It’s a shift in focus from ‘projects and programs’ to ‘products and services’ Digital transformation involves changing the way we deliver our work. It’s a shift in focus from ‘projects and programs’ to ‘…

Human-centred design

Human-centred design (HCD) is an approach to solving problems that revolves around people and their needs Human-centred design (HCD) is an approach to solving problems that revolves around people and their needs.

Modern ways of working

Use our quick guides to modern ways of working in your organisation. Organisations have to adapt and create digital transformation to better deliver services and products in a rapidly changing environment. We have produced guides to introduce you to some modern ways of…

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