Service assessments 

Outcomes for 2025/26: 

  • Develop an effective service assessment offer for Wales and upskill people to be service assessors 

Quarterly outcomes for 2025/26 

Quarter 1 

  • Have a clear vision for service assessments and how they can be scaled and delivered 
  • Work with Welsh Government to develop a backlog of services to be assessed and identify future service assessors 
  • Carry out 1 to 2 assessments and publish a blogpost about assessor learnings 

Quarter 2 

  • Upskill assessors while implementing the delivery plan for scaling 
  • Carry out 1 to 2 further assessments and publish a blogpost 

Quarter 3 

  • Continue to implement the delivery plan for scaling service assessments across Wales 
  • Carry out assessments on 1 to 2 Welsh Government services and work with them to publish a blogpost 
  • Agree a plan for growing the number of future service assessors in Wales 

Quarter 4 

  • Continue to implement the delivery plan for scaling service assessments across Wales 
  • Carry out assessments on 1 to 2 Welsh Government services and work with them to publish a blog post 
  • Design and develop training or learning resources to upskill new service assessors

Workforce skills and strategy 

Outcomes for 2025/26: 

  • Continue to deliver the workforce strategy 

Quarterly outcomes for 2025/26 

Quarter 1 

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define and test the minimum digital capabilities. 
  • Refine the prototypes based on feedback

Quarter 2 

  • Analyse the feedback from the prototype 
  • Develop a user-friendly digital capability assessment tool 

Quarter 3 

  • Launch a public beta of the Digital Capability Framework and assessment tool, and evaluate the early results from its usage

Quarter 4 

  • Deliver and refine the assessment tool based on feedback 
  • Use the data on skill shortages to prioritise the training portfolio

Patterns 

Outcomes for 2025/26:  

  • Determine how GDS-owned patterns and components can be used and promoted in Wales 

Quarterly outcomes for 2025/26 

Quarter 1 

  • Publish a blog post  
  • Host a cross-gov patterns meeting  
  • Design and test concepts using prototypes and continue with alpha/beta prototype 

Quarter 2 

  • Maintain a link with cross-gov design system teams and follow up on opportunities to make reusable assets available in Wales 
  • Work across government design communities to iterate service patterns  

Quarter 3 

  • Maintain a link with cross-gov design system teams and continue to follow up on the opportunities 
  • Pilot the use of CDPS patterns within Welsh Government services

Quarter 4 

  • Maintain a link with cross-gov design system teams and continue to follow up on opportunities 
  • Pilot the use of CDPS patterns within Welsh Government services  

Domains 

Outcomes for 2025/26:  

  • Actively manage the gov.wales namespace and committee 

Quarterly outcomes for 2025/26 

Quarter 1 

  • Transition the domains service into CDPS 

Quarter 2 

  • Deliver the domains service and explore the opportunities for future development 

Quarter 3 

  • Deliver the domains service and explore the opportunities for future development 

Quarter 4 

  • Deliver the domains service and explore the opportunities for future development 
  • Explore how the domains service could be used to improve compliance with the Digital Service Standard for Wales

Digi ID 

Outcomes for 2025/26:  

  • Build an understanding of Digital Identity as an enabler for service improvement in Wales 

Quarterly outcomes for 2025/26 

Quarter 1 

  • Identify UK Government and Scottish Government Digital collateral to be added to the Digital Sharing Hub  
  • Promote the use of UK Government Digital Identify standards, patterns and principles  

Quarter 2 

  • Identify UK Government and Scottish Government Digital collateral to be added to the Digital Sharing Hub   
  • Promote the use of UK Government Digital Identify standards, patterns and principles 
  • Advocate for the use of Digital Identity standards through the Digital and Data Standards Board for Wales 

Quarter 3 

  • Share case studies on the use of Digital Identity, with a focus on the use of the UK Government One Login service by Welsh Government and the benefits that Digital Identity can provide 

Quarter 4 

  • Share case studies on the use of Digital Identity, with a focus on the use of the UK Government One Login service by Welsh Government and the benefits that Digital Identity can provide 

Senior Civil Servants Digital Leadership Training 

Outcomes for 2025/26:  

  • Develop and deliver a Digital Leadership Training Programme for Senior Civil Servants (SCS) 

Quarterly outcomes for 2025/26 

Quarter 1 

  • Conduct research to understand skills gaps and identify priority areas 
  • Define the requirements for the programme and establish baseline metrics 

Quarter 2 

  • Launch the beta version and use the feedback to validate the content 
  • Develop and test the evaluation model and recruit attendees 

Quarter 3 

  • Deliver the learning offer to a significant cohort, gather feedback, and track workplace application of learning 

Quarter 4 

  • Evaluate the training while refining and adapting the content  
  • Develop the calendar for next 12-18 months