Scaling in government: The Open Government Products experiment
It's rare that 'agile', 'scale' and 'government' are all used in the same sentence. Find out how Open Government started as a spin-off of 20 people with 2 products in 2019, and rapidly grew to 200 by 2024. While the quantity, scale and complexity of products increased, how did the organisation change to adapt to different needs at different points of its journey?
Key Takeaways
- OGP's experience in building core org design practices (including performance, hiring and career paths) adapted from big tech.
- Taking an agile approach to learning, tooling and resourcing.
- Applications of agile org design to larger organisations which struggle with change.
