Platform Orientation Template Chandana Eluru

[cesaresantiago]

Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to the Veteran's Administration (VA) Veteran Facing Services (VFS) team! As a new VFS team member, you will be working in the web ecosystem we call the VA.gov Platform (or "The Platform," for short). The tasks on this list are designed to get you up to speed on the role of Platform, making it easier for you to do your job.

Because the VA is a huge organization that serves millions, the Platform it runs on is equally big, complex and multilayered. Most people find that even learning the basics for their own practice area entails a significant learning curve. The tasks on this checklist will help you acquire those basics as quickly and efficiently as possible.

User Story

As a new VFS team member, I need to complete onboarding activities so I can successfully work on my project and support the VA.gov Platform.

How to fill out this ticket

• [x] Add your github handle as the Assignee
• [x] Add your teams github label under Labels
• [x] Add your name to the ticket title
• [x] #36959
• [x] Under Get set up for your practice area, you only need to complete the items for your role
• [ ] You can close this ticket when all items are completed in the Onboarding Checklist and the Platform Checklist

Onboarding Checklist

Share your info with Platform

• [x] #36866
  • Name:
  • Preferred pronouns (e.g. she/her):
  • Role:
  • Email:
  • Github handle:
  • Start date:
  • VFS Team:

General

• [x] Attend General Orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [x] Watch VA.gov overview video
• [x] Update your Slack profile with Program, Team, Role and Company
• [x] Review Welcome documentation
• [x] Review Support Overview documentation
• [x] Request Access to Tools

  Norms and standards

• [x] Review the Code of Conduct
• [x] Review the Norms for Communication
• [x] Review Orientation materials on Platform Website
• [x] Review the Guidelines for Working Safely in an Open Source Repo
• [x] Review the Norms for Using Tools

  Working on the platform

• [x] Review the Platform Principles
• [x] Review the GitHub Markdown Cheatsheet to learn the syntax for formatting documents in GitHub
• [x] Review the Digital Modernization Strategy
• [x] Review the Web Brand Consolidation documentation
• [x] Review the Collaboration Cycle documentation on Platform Website
• [ ] Review the Collaboration Point Tracker

Get set up for your practice area

Designers & Researchers

• [ ] Review Design & Research Onboarding Documentation
• [ ] Review the VA.gov Design System
• [ ] Review the Research and Design Guide on Platform Website
• [ ] Attend Design orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [ ] Attend Accessibility orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)

Front-end Engineers

• [ ] Review frontend developer documentation on Platform Website
• [ ] Confirm that You Can Log In as a Test User
• [ ] Attend Front-end orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [ ] Attend Analytics orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [ ] Attend Accessibility orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [ ] Attend QA orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)

Back-end Engineers

• [x] Review backend developer documentation on Platform Website
• [x] Confirm that You Can Log In as a Test User
• [x] Attend Back-end orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [x] Attend QA orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)

Product Managers

• [ ] Request PM intro with @ Shira Goodman in Slack
• [ ] Attend Analytics orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [ ] Attend Accessibility orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)
• [ ] Attend QA orientation meeting (schedule via Calendly)

Off-boarding of teammates

• [ ] Review process for when a teammate leaves

Platform Checklist

The items in this checklist are for Platform to complete. If you are ready to close the ticket and the Platform Checklist section has not been completed, please reach out to Platform via the guidance provided in Getting help from Platform in Slack.

• [x] New VFS Team member has been added to the VFS Team Roster

CC: @department-of-veterans-affairs/vsp-product-support

[shiragoodman]

hi @cesaresantiago @joe-git-developer - please make sure to complete the information in the template. thanks!

[joe-git-developer]

Hi,

I will try to complete it by this week and let you know.

Thank you Chandana

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[shiragoodman]

@joe-git-developer you've been added to the VFS Team Roster