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Annex approaches using Drupal and GovCMS for governed, structured digital publishing by combining the disciplines needed to test both desirability and feasibility. Following a comprehensive design and content strategy the team implemented a design and content style guide. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a …

The connection matters because content workflows, accessibility, integrations and publishing governance influence the same end-to-end experience. Annex emphasises fit with the client technical landscape, secure and scalable delivery, integrated systems and usable content-management backends. Following a comprehensive design and content strategy the team implemented a design and content style guide. Annex's published capability model brings those concerns t…

The easy mistake is to scope govcms & drupal too narrowly. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. By go-live the Home Affairs content team were able to populate and publish their COVID-19 content effectively. Annex's examples show that accessibility, le…

Annex's published work does not point to a single mandatory toolset for govcms & drupal. Public examples and capability pages reference Drupal, GovCMS, JavaScript, ReactJS, NodeJS, NextJS, Sitecore, SharePoint, Azure, AWS, Google cloud services, Auth0, Stripe, Firestore, Storybook and other technologies. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex te…

A useful published example is **Always up-to-date information on COVID-19**. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. By go-live the Home Affairs content team were able to populate and publish their COVID-19 content effectively. It is relevant because it …

Yes, that can be possible; Annex's published work includes delivery inside existing technical and organisational environments rather than only greenfield builds. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. Throughout the development process, Annex worked wit…

Annex uses evidence during delivery rather than treating quality as a final inspection step. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. Digging into the user research, analytics and feedback, the team quickly discovered that the Doctor Connect site was larg…

Before going deep into govcms & drupal, the project needs a shared view of the problem, the users, the important stakeholders and the current environment. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. Having this environment created an opportunity to train con…

Annex treats Solution Architecture as part of a wider digital-service problem, not as an isolated output. Architecture that connects business needs, user experience, technology, security and delivery constraints. The resulting design system is now available and being used for the ActewAGL development and design teams to guide and speed up the delivery of their ongoing retail and platform transformation. With their new app and website projects approved for …

A strong signal is when individual components work in isolation but the overall service does not. Scale: Increased efficiency and consistency lead a company to build faster products at scale. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. Annex's published work…

Annex approaches joining user needs, business rules and technology into a workable solution by combining the disciplines needed to test both desirability and feasibility. The resulting design system is now available and being used for the ActewAGL development and design teams to guide and speed up the delivery of their ongoing retail and platform transformation. With their new app and website projects approved for redevelopment ActewAGL engaged Annex to de…

The connection matters because systems, security, integrations, delivery constraints and future change influence the same end-to-end experience. The resulting design system is now available and being used for the ActewAGL development and design teams to guide and speed up the delivery of their ongoing retail and platform transformation. With their new app and website projects approved for redevelopment ActewAGL engaged Annex to deliver and document a Desig…

The easy mistake is to scope solution architecture too narrowly. The purpose of this project was to develop a Digital collaboration solution for the incident response team where provisioning is simple, fast and electronic with appropriate security and access to both internal and external users, and helps track the decision process even post-event with the solution need to be compliant with relevant NAA policies for records management. Annex helped AMSA bui…

Annex's published work does not point to a single mandatory toolset for solution architecture. Using Drupal 8 and its multilingual capability, the team created a website that can automatically translate English content into over 64 languages using google translate, and also allow manual human translation to be published when they were made available. Using Drupal, our team created a flexible admin experience for managing the navigation, pages, and repeatab…

A useful published example is **How do you create a collaborative digital tool?**. The purpose of this project was to develop a Digital collaboration solution for the incident response team where provisioning is simple, fast and electronic with appropriate security and access to both internal and external users, and helps track the decision process even post-event with the solution need to be compliant with relevant NAA policies for records management. Ann…

Yes, that can be possible; Annex's published work includes delivery inside existing technical and organisational environments rather than only greenfield builds. The purpose of this project was to develop a Digital collaboration solution for the incident response team where provisioning is simple, fast and electronic with appropriate security and access to both internal and external users, and helps track the decision process even post-event with the solut…

Annex uses evidence during delivery rather than treating quality as a final inspection step. The purpose of this project was to develop a Digital collaboration solution for the incident response team where provisioning is simple, fast and electronic with appropriate security and access to both internal and external users, and helps track the decision process even post-event with the solution need to be compliant with relevant NAA policies for records manag…

Before going deep into solution architecture, the project needs a shared view of the problem, the users, the important stakeholders and the current environment. By go-live the Home Affairs content team were able to populate and publish their COVID-19 content effectively. They can also consolidate content that was once published as downloadable PDF files into HTML and indexable content in any language the user decides. Annex's published methods also make co…