Granular 4-phase, 4-role GDS Service Standard assurance skills, panel orchestrator, and synthesis engine.
87%
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Low-risk findings worth noting
Points 8 and 11. A spike is disposable. If the code has become the service, or a production account already exists, say so. That fails Alpha.
| Spike | Question | Time box | Where the code is | Merged into a service | Thrown away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo check | Can a phone photo meet the badge photo rules often enough to bother? | 5 days | Scratch repository badge-photo-spike, branch only | no | yes, branch deleted 5 November 2026 |
| Fee sandbox | Can the £10 be taken in a test Pay account? | 3 days | Same scratch repository, separate branch | no | yes, branch deleted 5 November 2026 |
Production hosting, production database, or a pipeline you describe as the beta platform: no
If yes, what it is:
Code or schema you will not carry forward: Both branches. The photo rules were notes, not a service. The Pay calls used GOV.UK Pay's test environment and stored nothing.
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