Digital Iceland projects can be categorized into three groups. Within these projects there are different milestones that lead the project group forward and contribute to good progress, clear cooperation and quality through the project. Implementation and development projects with Digital Iceland always start with an application

Implementation projects are those projects that do not require a specific development team as they are standardised in their installation.

The milestones in the implementation projects are:

• Approved application

• Main contact point and timetable

• Access and instructions

• Reviews and tests

• Definition of done

• Launch

• Reviewal

Development projects are those projects that require the involvement of a tendering team.

The milestones of development projects are:

• Approved application

• Role and priorities

• Contract with a tendering team

• Access and instructions

• User stories

• Prototype

• Reviews and tests

• Definition of done

• Launch

• Reviewal

Product development projects are those projects that focus on the continuation of the development of Digital Iceland services. Product managers manage the roadmap of different services and collect feedback and priority rankings.

The milestones in product development projects are:

• Role and priorities

• Contract with a tendering team

• Access and instructions

• User stories

• Prototypa

• Reviews and tests

• Definition of done

• Launch

• Reviewal

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Development at Digital Iceland is done Agile, where a release is divided into smaller increments so that user reactions and feedback can be received as soon as possible.

All code is open source, except for that which is kept closed for security reasons. Digital Iceland's technology stack is hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud solution.

All code is peer reviewed and tested by different teams as appropriate. Emphasis is placed on automated testing and smaller and faster releases.

The Digital Iceland development manual can be found here and documentation of solutions and other technical data can be found at docs.devland.is and is accessible to everyone.

Digital Iceland maintains a status page status.island.is where you can subscribe. There you can see an overview of operational issues in case of incidents or planned maintenance of Ísland.is solutions. When incidents occur, a defined response process is followed, where the organization in question is alerted along with other related parties as appropriate.

New solutions are released throughout the year apart from summer vacation period. All code is reviewed by a team other than the programming team (peer review) and tested by different teams as deemed appropriate. Emphasis is placed on automated testing and smaller and faster versions.

Data protection covers the rights of individuals regarding the processing of their personal information.

Data used in Iceland.is services are generally stored by the institutions themselves and are accessed with the user's permission through authenticated web service communications.

You can read more about Digital Iceland's privacy policy here.

Development projects within Iceland.is are always collaborative projects. To ensure the right team composition and to better clarify responsibilities and expectations, roles are defined at the beginning of each project.

Public entities

• Project manager

• User specialist

• Technical specialist

• Data protection officer

• Project sponsor

Tender team includes at minimum

• Delivery manager

• Designer

• Programmer