Helping each other solve problems

Our communities of practice are groups of people working in the same field in government.

They bring those people together to share ideas, show their work, solve problems and explore best practice.

Content design and strategy community

This community is for people who produce or manage content in any part of government in Australia. Members can contribute ideas to the Content Guide.

New members from any level of government are welcome to join. All you need is an email address ending in gov.au.

Join the content design community

Service design community

This community is for people involved in service design or user research in any part of government in Australia.

New members from any level of government are welcome to join. All you need is an email address ending in gov.au.

Join the service design community

Design System community

This community is for developers and designers using the Australian Government Design System. It allows them to share ideas to build world-class tools, designs and guidance.

Join the Design System community

Cloud community

This community is for people working with cloud and cloud services in the Australian Public Service. This includes anyone from engineers and architects to procurement experts and management.

Join the cloud community

P3M community

This community is for people involved in portfolio, program and project management (P3M) in any part of government in Australia.

Join the P3M community

Open data community

This community is for people who work with public data in the Australian Public Service or who carry out publicly funded research.

It’s also for people who develop, innovate or carry out research using Australia’s public datasets.

Join the open data community

Conversational user interface community

This community is for people working with conversational user interface technology (including chatbots) in the Australian Public Service. The community is a practical and collegiate forum with participants cooperating to share lessons and consider approaches to common challenges.

Email co-lab@dta.gov.au if you would like to join.

Life event communities (govX)

The govX life event communities bring people and organisations together to explore more ways to collaborate, design and prioritise delivery efforts based on the life events of people and their experience.

To join, you can either:

• find us at lifeevents.digital.gov.au 
• email us at govx@dta.gov.au and we will send you an invitation

The communities are:

• Having a baby 
• Looking for work 
• End of life 
• Becoming a carer 
• Accessing childcare

Digital Sourcing Network

We created the Digital Sourcing Network to encourage greater communication, collaboration and knowledge-sharing among those in the Australian Public Service in ICT procurement and digital sourcing roles. It is a place to find solutions, learn from the experience of others and learn how best to engage with industry.

We can build capability by bringing people together, forming networks on relevant topics, and addressing pain points. We also have an opportunity to participate in working groups to address significant previously identified capability gaps.