{"id":41318,"date":"2024-07-24T11:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/?p=41318"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:00:49","slug":"human-centered-design-developing-effective-federal-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/human-centered-design-developing-effective-federal-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing for the people: A framework for developing effective federal services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Human-centered design is a powerful tool for federal leaders to help their teams work more efficiently, effectively and equitably on behalf of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employed correctly, this framework enables leaders to design and shape services <strong><em>with<\/em><\/strong> people rather than for them, working iteratively with customers and other stakeholders to develop solutions to public needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A human-centered design process generally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.performance.gov\/cx\/hcd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has four phases<\/a>: discovery, design, delivery and measurement.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-four-phases-of-human-centered-design-nbsp\"><strong>The four phases of human-centered design<\/strong><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discovery: <\/strong>The first phase of human-centered design is about really understanding how people currently experience your services. There are two key things to keep in mind: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. You need to gather lots of data from lots of different stakeholders to understand the current experience of your customers and what changes to products and services you should make. That means asking yourself \u201cWho are we designing for?\u201d and then determining whether the data you might already have provides clarity for <strong>all<\/strong> the folks who will be impacted by any changes you make to how you serve customers. At this stage, an important equity question to ask yourself is whether there are any perspectives missing from your data, and if so, how you might gather those perspectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. It is crucial to remain open to lots of possibilities. Don\u2019t start with a solution in mind, but rather let people\u2019s experiences guide you in identifying the right problems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design: <\/strong>As you begin to think about solutions to these problems, start by engaging in root cause analysis. 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