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Criteron 6. Don’t reinvent the wheel

Criteron 6

When to apply

Apply Criterion 6 during the Discovery and Alpha phases to capture potential solutions, new and existing, that the service could use to solve problems.

Foster a culture of sharing experiences with other agencies, build on the learnings taken from them and align to common platforms, patterns and standards throughout the Service design and delivery process.

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To successfully meet this criterion, agencies will need to:
- ‘build once, use many times’
- design for a common, seamless experience
- reuse data where possible.
Apply Criterion 6 during the Discovery and Alpha phases to capture potential solutions, new and existing, that the service could use to solve problems.
Foster a culture of sharing experiences with other agencies, build on the learnings taken from them and align to common platforms, patterns and standards throughout the Service design and delivery process.
- What could be aligned with on the Australian Government Architecture?
- What platforms, patterns and standards could the service reuse?
- What are the alternatives to building from scratch?
- Which agencies run similar services that could be built upon?
- How can new or bespoke components be made for future reuse?
- What data do we already collect, and can it be repurposed?

Criteron 6. Don’t reinvent the wheel

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