Ensure the service is accessible and inclusive of all users regardless of their ability and environment.

Make all new source code open by default.

Build using open standards and common government platforms where appropriate.

Build the service with responsive design methods using common design patterns and the style guide for digital content.

Identify the data and information the service will use or create. Put appropriate legal, privacy and security measures in place.

Understand the tools and systems required to build, host, operate and measure the service and how to adopt, adapt or procure them.

Design and build the service using the service design and delivery process, taking an agile and user-centred approach.

Establish a sustainable multidisciplinary team to design, build, operate and iterate the service, led by an experienced product manager with...

Understand user needs. Research to develop a deep knowledge of the users and their context for using the service.

Enable reuse by others – you must ensure anything you create is shared for others to reuse unless there’s a good reason not to