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[EPIC] Flipper audit -Identify and remove unnecessary Flippers #10656

Open dsinla opened 2 years ago

dsinla commented 2 years ago

Description

All the detail in previous ticket: Follow up from https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-cms/issues/10350

List of flippers and owners: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yQb5oDshNj7y0nvtF3PaZ9OLhtTuZ2aO8t4_n51YBWU/edit#gid=237722104

Tracking here for at-a-glance status

Number Flipper Status Decision Ticket for removal
1 covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend INVESTIGATED REMOVE
2 facilities_locator_mobile_covid_online_scheduling TBD #11588
3 facilities_ppms_suppress_all KEEP #11589
4 facilities_ppms_suppress_community_care KEEP #11590
5 facilities_ppms_suppress_pharmacies KEEP #11591
6 facility_locator_covid_vaccine_walk_in_availability_text_frontend TBD
7 facility_locator_lat_long_only INVESTIGATED REMOVE
8 facility_locator_predictive_location_search INVESTIGATED REMOVE
9 facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions INVESTIGATED REMOVE
10 facility_locator_lighthouse_covid_vaccine_query TBD #11592
11 facility_locator_ppms_forced_unique_id TBD #11593
12 facility_locator_ppms_legacy_urgent_care_to_pos_locator TBD #11594
13 facility_locator_pull_operating_status_from_lighthouse TBD #11595
14 facility_locator_rails_engine TBD #11596
15 facility_locator_restore_community_care_pagination TBD #11597
16 facility_locator_show_community_cares INVESTIGATED REMOVAL IN PROGRESS #11598 #14112
17 facility_locator_show_health_connect_number TBD #11599
18 show_expandable_vamc_alert TBD #11600
19 caregiver_use_facilities_API INVESTIGATED KEEP #11601

Acceptance Criteria

dsinla commented 2 years ago

@dsinla Walk through spreadsheet for what Facilities own, spin up individual tickets. Discuss in detail at PO sync.

dsinla commented 2 years ago

Message sent to @jilladams to get the master list

jilladams commented 2 years ago

The doc we created when went through the lists together is an XLS in sharepoint now, as that's the only way to share spreadsheets with Dave: https://dvagov-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/jill_adams1_va_gov/EWJYp5QIYQ5Bng7ynlMX9hIBxXjsVBNANaugiektKZ1fcQ

https://dsva.slack.com/archives/C52CL1PKQ/p1663958562870949

jilladams commented 2 years ago

Apologies for the confusion today - Google sheet link was added to our ticket, not yours. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yQb5oDshNj7y0nvtF3PaZ9OLhtTuZ2aO8t4_n51YBWU/edit#gid=237722104

Updated the related slack thread for the histories as well.

dsinla commented 2 years ago

thanks @jilladams @maxx1128 please take a look - looks like ~20 items.

maxx1128 commented 2 years ago

Thanks @jilladams! Going to tackle these

maxx1128 commented 2 years ago

Thanks @jilladams! Going to tackle these

  • caregiver_use_facilities_API
  • covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend
  • facilities_locator_mobile_covid_online_scheduling
  • facilities_ppms_suppress_all
  • facilities_ppms_suppress_community_care
  • facilities_ppms_suppress_pharmacies
  • facility_locator_covid_vaccine_walk_in_availability_text_frontend
  • facility_locator_lat_long_only
  • facility_locator_predictive_location_search
  • facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions

Sorry for the delay, I looked through the Facilities flippers for which ones can be safely removed. These aren't being used on the front end so they can safely be removed:

dsinla commented 2 years ago

@maxx1128 @jilladams Does Facilities perform the removal? - or do we request some other team to remove?

jilladams commented 2 years ago

Facilities owns the code / downstream impact for those flippers, so can remove any that you're confident are ready to be removed.

dsinla commented 2 years ago

@maxx1128 do you feel confident to remove the flippers? Do you want to run it by @swirtSJW for a quick sanity check first?

dsinla commented 2 years ago

These must stay (we know they're in active use):

Likley not owned by facilities: ?

Check with Michele Middaugh - what's the history here:

maxx1128 commented 2 years ago

@dsinla I just finished looking more into the two feature flags that needed more investigation and I could do right away, covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend and facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions.

The functionality connected to both flags, COVID scheduling, and operational hour special instructions, have extra checks that ensure the info/functionality is first available before showing them. So if they were removed, the code would always let the info/functionality be shown if it was set. If they're ready to be turned on for everyone, then removing their code is a relatively easy change. I don't know if doing this would require any extra approval or if it's already been decided.

Long story short - the code around these flags should prevent any errors if they're removed from the code and will be easy to remove. The big question is just if everyone should be allowed to see it yet.

dsinla commented 2 years ago

@maxx1128 Thanks for investigating. Regarding: If they're ready to be turned on for everyone, then removing their code is a relatively easy change. I'm not sure who everyone is in this scenario. Let's discuss in 16th minute with the rest of the dev team tomorrow

mmiddaugh commented 2 years ago

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mmiddaugh commented 2 years ago

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maxx1128 commented 2 years ago

Initial investigative report on three of the feature flags cc: @dsinla

covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend

Status: Off Issue: #22760 Ticket Author: Michelle Middaugh Code Author: Michael Pelz-Sherman Purpose: Only show COVID vaccine scheduling in facilities that allow it as a service through VAOS.

facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions

Status: Off Issue: #19615 Ticket Author: Michelle Middaugh Code Author: Gilbran Purpose: Special language for facility hours can be added in Lighthouse. There are four potential special instructions to add, and multiple can be added.

caregiver_use_facilities_API

Status: Off Issue: #26246 Ticket Author: Chris Dyer Code Author: Matt Long Purpose: Let users select the most relevant VA Medical Facility with a Caregiver Support Coordinator so they can participate in the PCAFC (couldn't find this acronym).

dsinla commented 2 years ago

Thanks @maxx1128

In comments above @mmiddaugh indicates thatfacility_locator_lat_long_onlyand facility_locator_predictive_location_searchwere never implemented or turned on, so it seems conclusive that you can remove them.

Note: PCAFC = Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers from https://www.caregiver.va.gov/support/support_benefits.asp

jilladams commented 2 years ago

Discovered today that I had locked the google sheet so no one coudl edit it. That's fixed now, and I've ported notes from comments here into the sheet as well so folks can see the rundown. You all should be able to edit it moving forward, if necessary / helpful.

dawnpruitt commented 2 years ago

@mmiddaugh Hello! Would you please reply with your approval to remove the following? Details for each are above in the ticket. Thank you! caregiver_use_facilities_API facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend

maxx1128 commented 2 years ago

Updating this comment as I get some branches ready to open up once these flippers get approval to remove, either in this ticket or a future one.

caregiver_use_facilities_API: remove-caregiver-use-facilities-api-flipper facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions: remove-facility-hours-special-instructions covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend: remove-covid-scheduling-frontend-flipper

dawnpruitt commented 2 years ago

Please do not remove caregiver_use_facilities_API I reached out to the 1010-health-apps slack channel to request review of this flag:

Matt Long Hi, Dawn! I’m the one that implemented that toggle for the CG app. There is also a subsequent one for the implementation on the HCA app as well.

Dawn Pruitt Hi Matt! Nice to meet you! We are showing that it's off but I recognize that doesn't mean it's not needed. Would you please let me know if it can be removed or if you'd like for us to leave it be?

Matt Long Nice to meet you as well! We’d like to leave those in place. We created an MVP to ensure we could get the data we needed from the API and are currently in the planning stages to do a full-featured implementation within both forms! :upside_down_face: (edited)

Dawn Pruitt Thank you so much for your quick response! I will make a note in our ticket to leave it in place and let our engineers know.

Matt Long Sounds great! Thank you for reaching out!

dsinla commented 2 years ago

@maxx1128 @dawnpruitt Trying to think of the best way to track this. Jill has a google sheet linked to from this ticket.

It looks like we know what to do with 8 of these, but still have 10 that have yet to be investigated TBD. It looks like these investigations take time - while we wait for approval, and we may have this ticket for at least one more sprint if not 2. I also wanted to be able to look at this ticket to understand where we are with each ticket. I added a table in the Description above. Would it be reasonable to update this ticket as we get new info for the remaining flippers?

dawnpruitt commented 2 years ago

@maxx1128 is there any change to status on this one? Do we know who owns the flippers with "TBD?"

dsinla commented 2 years ago

@dawnpruitt These 3 are ready from Max's comment above

Updating this comment as I get some branches ready to open up once these flippers get approval to remove, either in this ticket or a future one.

caregiver_use_facilities_API: remove-caregiver-use-facilities-api-flipper facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions: remove-facility-hours-special-instructions covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend: remove-covid-scheduling-frontend-flipper

Did you send messages to owners? ..are waiting for some approval?

dawnpruitt commented 2 years ago

Please do not remove the caregiver_use_facilities_API -as noted above, the health apps team does not want that to be removed.

Regarding the other two, I was under the impression they were owned by the previous Facilities team, but we are now that team and can make the decision.

I have not taken any action on any of the other flippers.

dsinla commented 2 years ago

Quick chat with @mmiddaugh she will take a look at covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend

mmiddaugh commented 2 years ago

It looks like Max has investigated the flag for covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend. This is another situation where the functionality was built but only briefly implemented. In this case, I believe this was waiting for backend integration with VAOS. Meanwhile, the need for appointments was quickly replaced by access to vaccines on a walk-in basis so the functionality was retained but behind a flipper.

dsinla commented 2 years ago

Thanks @mmiddaugh! I think i was confusing some of the very-similar names, but would like you to weigh in on one more: facility_locator_show_operational_hours_special_instructions

@maxx1128 has investigated, identified you as the owner (at one point). As with covid_vaccine_scheduling_frontend we want someone with more background to weigh in before we remove it.

davidmpickett commented 6 months ago

@jilladams I'm confused why this is in the Current Sprint, Not started column for Facilities. Seems like a mistake

jilladams commented 6 months ago

Yep, something got weird in workflow connections between boards, thanks for flagging. removing.