WelcomeThe CSPS Digital Accelerator is a transformative learning experience designed for product teams, including their leaders, who want to experiment with more collaborative, open, human-centred and iterative ways of defining problems and developing solutions in a modern government era. It combines hands-on workshops, peer learning, coaching and mentoring in support of teams as they explore real business problems and prototype and test solutions with users.
The CSPS Digital Accelerator builds on the success of the first two cohorts of the CSPS Digital Academy’s Premium program. We launched the first cohort in Spring 2021 with teams, and are currently planning the second cohort for Winter 2022.
Overview of the program
Onboarding and Skill building
(2 weeks)
- Introduction to new tools
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Design Discovery
(3 weeks)
- Design thinking and user research
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Deeper Learning
(2 weeks)
- Focused learning opportunities
- Preparation for first pitch
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Prototyping
(3 weeks)
- Developing and testing working prototypes with users
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Aftercare
(3-6 months)
- Products progress towards beta or production
- Access to coaches and mentors
- Access to continuous learning
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Onboarding and Skill building (2 weeks)
- Introduction to new tools
Design Discovery (3 weeks)
- Problem framing
- Ideation
- Design thinking and user research
Deeper Learning (2 weeks)
- Focused learning opportunities
- Prototype planning
- Preparation for first pitch
Prototyping (3 weeks)
- Developing and testing working prototypes with users
Aftercare (3-6 months)
- Products progress towards beta or production
- Access to coaches and mentors
- Access to continuous learning
How to build your Accelerator team
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Product Team
- 5-10 people
- Diverse & multidisciplinary
- Should bring together: 1) Subject matter experts for the business line or program, 2) Business analysts, designers, or product management, 3) Solutions designers / developers (technical, service designers, policy makers, etc.)
- Product teams work on their problems full time during the Accelerator and ideally stay together once it is over
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Steering Team
- 1 executive champion who participates part time in accelerator activities and fully supports the work of the product team
- 2-4 other executive supporters who form a governance body and help support the work of the team through: approvals, guidance, unblocking, feedback, upward briefing, and funding.
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Partners (name TBD)
- Enablers and partners who can support the product team in delivering their solution
- Could include: corporate services, security, legal, policy, communications or other forms of expertise
| The right problems for the Accelerator
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An actual problem – process, service, issue, or challenge – to be improved
| Meet the CSPS Digital Accelerator team
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