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A day in the life of a Software Engineering Centre of Excellence Architect
I have worked in the Software Engineering Centre of Excellence since 2022. The role is highly varied and involves working with stakeholders across the organisation on focus topics such as:
software assurance
risk management
cyber security
incident management
These varied tasks mean that no two days are alike. Here is what a typical day looks like.
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Measuring accessibility for culture: four lessons every organisation should know
How do you measure something rooted in lived experience, like accessibility culture? Standard industry models often fall short.That’s why a specialist team of us here at Solirius Reply built a bespoke framework to capture organisational reality, not just policies and promises. Here are four lessons on measuring the “unmeasurable” and turning good intentions into real maturity.
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Introducing a Design System at the Planning Inspectorate
At the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), we design services to meet a wide range of user needs. To help ensure services provide a consistent, user-centred experience and improve collaboration across teams, we've been developing a shared design system.
In this post, Claire McShane, who is deployed as an Interaction Designer at PINS, shares how it started and what we’ve learned so far.
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Excellence in public sector agile: our kick-off methodology (Scrum & Kanban)
Our success is rooted in five core principles that guide every interaction and delivery phase: 1. Listen to the users We engage users at all stages of the development lifecycle. This ensures we understand their needs and motivations so we can develop services they want to use. 2. Design a coherent and holistic solution We focus on understanding strategic objectives. We then use design thinking to iterate towards a complete solution that solves a whole problem. 3. Build balanced, cohesive and...
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Supporting future tech talent at Newham Collegiate
It was a typical gloomy day in January when a group of our consultants visited Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre in East Ham. We ran a workshop for students eager to explore careers in tech.
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The 7-Day Sprint: Turning Ideas into Reality with the Grad Team
What happens when you condense the software development lifecycle (SDLC) into just 7 days? Following a fast-paced introduction to digital consultancy, Rachel and Kieran discuss the reality of building their first apps while navigating a landscape full of unknowns. From the unexpected twists of user research to using AI as a mentor, they share how they played to their strengths and drew inspiration from one another to broaden their design perspectives.
12 February 2026
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