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=== <big>Our Team</big> ===

=== <big>Our Team</big> ===

We are the Canada School of Public Service Digital Accelerator team. Our team includes procurement (Anick Matthieu, Caroline Dupuis, Naomi Gautier, and Sonia Porlier), IT (Blair Kilrea), and client representatives (Melissa Wilson and Blair Kilrea). We have a wide range of expertise and come from multidisciplinary backgrounds. We have the knowledge. We have the experience. We can do this! Our Steering Committee members are Tom Roberts, François Brunet and Pierre Leduc, and they are enabling us to develop the best possible solution for the School.  

We are the Canada School of Public Service Digital Accelerator team. Our team includes procurement (Anick Matthieu, Caroline Dupuis, Naomi Gautier, and Sonia Porlier), IT (Blair Kilrea), and client representatives (Melissa Wilson and Blair Kilrea). We have a wide range of expertise and come from multidisciplinary backgrounds. We have the knowledge. We have the experience. We can do this! Our Steering Committee members are Tom Roberts, François Brunet and Pierre Leduc, and they are enabling us to develop the best possible solution for the School.  

=== <big>Our Problem</big>   ===

=== <big>Our Problem</big>   ===

This is what our team set out to explore.  

This is what our team set out to explore.  

=== <big>Journey to Our Solution</big>   ===

=== <big>Journey to Our Solution</big>   ===

With the Digital Accelerator’s coaching and bootcamps, as well as our team’s current and growing competencies, we were able to strengthen our idea through the creation of stakeholder personas and journey mapping. These tools gave us good insights into the design of our portal and the various tools we could use to make the experience richer and transparent.  

With the Digital Accelerator’s coaching and bootcamps, as well as our team’s current and growing competencies, we were able to strengthen our idea through the creation of stakeholder personas and journey mapping. These tools gave us good insights into the design of our portal and the various tools we could use to make the experience richer and transparent.  

=== <big>Our Prototyped Solution</big> ===

=== <big>Our Prototyped Solution</big> ===

We hope to make life easier for everyone, including clients, stakeholders and us, the procurement team. The end product will be user-friendly and interactive with information, documentation and embedded processes, policies and approvals. What needs to happen now is to take our prototype to the next level by taking an iterative approach. Our goal is to launch the portal this fiscal year and add capabilities as they are developed, while waiting for confirmation of the hosting platform.  

We hope to make life easier for everyone, including clients, stakeholders and us, the procurement team. The end product will be user-friendly and interactive with information, documentation and embedded processes, policies and approvals. What needs to happen now is to take our prototype to the next level by taking an iterative approach. Our goal is to launch the portal this fiscal year and add capabilities as they are developed, while waiting for confirmation of the hosting platform.  

=== <big>Takeaways</big> ===

=== <big>Takeaways</big> ===

The Accelerator not only made us think outside the box, but it also took us right out of our comfort zone and threw us into the ‘digital stratosphere’. The experience was intense and mind-blowing, but we are now equipped with an overflowing digital toolbox and competencies that have made us grow into model 3.0 of public servants.  

The Accelerator not only made us think outside the box, but it also took us right out of our comfort zone and threw us into the ‘digital stratosphere’. The experience was intense and mind-blowing, but we are now equipped with an overflowing digital toolbox and competencies that have made us grow into model 3.0 of public servants.  

Some of us were very reluctant to join this program, as we did not have many digital skills. It also seemed unattainable to have a prototype completed in such a small amount of time. However, the experience was very positive, as we have learned a lot when it came to coding, data, human-centred design, personas, and journey and empathy maps. We enjoyed working as a team and were all equally invested in creating the best possible prototype for our department, in a very short amount of time and with very limited resources. We have had a lot of fun throughout this whole process. We’re a positive group with great ideas. It’s going to be really nice to see it all come together in the end!

Some of us were very reluctant to join this program, as we did not have many digital skills. It also seemed unattainable to have a prototype completed in such a small amount of time. However, the experience was very positive, as we have learned a lot when it came to coding, data, human-centred design, personas, and journey and empathy maps. We enjoyed working as a team and were all equally invested in creating the best possible prototype for our department, in a very short amount of time and with very limited resources. We have had a lot of fun throughout this whole process. We’re a positive group with great ideas. It’s going to be really nice to see it all come together in the end!