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DSM — Benefit Claim Service Redesign

Fourteen design artefacts for redesigning a public benefit claim service, computing that 8 of its 32 dependency marks are rework and partitioning them down to 2 by separating the evidence/decision/fraud rules loop from the four-way channel loop of online form, contact centre scripts, assisted digital route and accessibility audit.

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Benefit claim service — redesign dependenciesProcess DSM · IR/FAD — read across a row for that element's inputs; marks above the diagonal are feedback.As declared3232322222322332222222223322Policy rules1Eligibility model2Evidence checklist3Online claim form4Caseworker guidance5Decision engine6Payment schedule7Fraud and error checks8Appeals process9Contact centre scripts10Accessibility audit11Data-sharing agreement12Assisted digital route13Private beta14Policy rulesEligibility modelEvidence checklistOnline claim formCaseworker guidanceDecision enginePayment scheduleFraud and error checksAppeals processContact centre scriptsAccessibility auditData-sharing agreementAssisted digital routePrivate betaPartitioned sequence323232222232233222222222332212Policy rules1Data-sharing agreement2Eligibility model3Fraud and error checks4Evidence checklist5Decision engine6Payment schedule7Appeals process8Caseworker guidance9Online claim form10Contact centre scripts11Assisted digital route12Accessibility audit13Private beta14Policy rulesData-sharing agreementEligibility modelFraud and error checksEvidence checklistDecision enginePayment scheduleAppeals processCaseworker guidanceOnline claim formContact centre scriptsAssisted digital routeAccessibility auditPrivate betainout04122422233521323234312121408 feedback marks reduced to 2 across 2 iteration blocks.14 activities · 32 dependency marks · density 18% · 8 sequenced stages · largest block 4Sequence runs top-left to bottom-right; 2 remaining feedback marks sit inside the boxed blocks.Highest fan-out: Decision engine (feeds 5) · highest fan-in: Private beta (needs 4)Block 1 · positions 4–6 · Fraud and error checks, Evidence checklist, Decision engineBlock 2 · positions 10–13 · Online claim form, Contact centre scripts, Assisted digital route, Accessibility auditdependencystrength 3feedback (rework)iteration blockdiagonal (self)

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title "Benefit claim service — redesign dependencies"
mode process
convention ir-fad

items: Policy rules, Eligibility model, Evidence checklist, Online claim form, Caseworker guidance
items: Decision engine, Payment schedule, Fraud and error checks, Appeals process
items: Contact centre scripts, Accessibility audit, Data-sharing agreement
items: Assisted digital route, Private beta

Eligibility model      <- Policy rules(3), Data-sharing agreement(2)
Evidence checklist     <- Eligibility model(3), Fraud and error checks(2)
Online claim form      <- Evidence checklist(3), Eligibility model(2), Accessibility audit(2)
Caseworker guidance    <- Eligibility model(2), Decision engine(2), Appeals process(2)
Decision engine        <- Eligibility model(3), Evidence checklist(2), Fraud and error checks(2)
Payment schedule       <- Decision engine(3), Policy rules
Fraud and error checks <- Data-sharing agreement(3), Decision engine(2)
Appeals process        <- Decision engine(2), Policy rules(2), Evidence checklist
Contact centre scripts <- Online claim form(2), Caseworker guidance(2), Appeals process
Accessibility audit    <- Online claim form(2), Assisted digital route
Data-sharing agreement <- Policy rules(2)
Assisted digital route <- Online claim form(2), Contact centre scripts(2)
Private beta           <- Online claim form(3), Decision engine(3), Caseworker guidance(2), Payment schedule(2)