New VFS Team Member Template [Gus Schissler]

skirkman16 commented 2 months ago

Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to the Department of Veterans Affairs (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 name to the ticket title
[ ] Complete the Onboarding Checklist below
[ ] 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

[ ] Complete the fields below:
Name: Mark (Gus) Schissler
Pronouns (e.g. she/her): He/Him
Role: Product Lead
Email: gus@themostudio.com
GitHub handle*: schisslerg
Start date: 04/29/2024
VFS Team: Identity Product Team

*Providing your GitHub handle will allow Platform to provide you access to the necessary GitHub repos.

General

[ ] Watch the General orientation recording
[ ] Update your Slack profile
[ ] Watch VA.gov overview video for an overview of VA.gov
[ ] Watch VFS Orientation for Platform Website video
[ ] Watch the Platform Support overview video
[ ] Review the Getting help from the Platform in Slack guidance
[ ] Review Welcome documentation
[ ] Review Support Overview documentation
[ ] Review the guidance on Submitting a feature request
[ ] Request Access to Tools
[ ] Confirm that you have access to the VA GitHub Organization
- Note: Membership in the VA Github Organization is a prerequisite for getting access to vets.gov-write and access to many commonly-used repositories. Platform will not be able to complete this task if you are not a member of the VA GitHub Organization.
[ ] Opt out of Google Analytics on all of your browsers on your work machines, personal machines (if you are not a Veteran yourself using the site for your own applications), and mobile devices
Norms and standards
[ ] Review guidance on the Platform Satisfaction Survey
Working on the platform
[ ] Review the Platform Principles
[ ] Review the GitHub Markdown Cheatsheet to learn the syntax for formatting documents in GitHub
[ ] Review the Digital Modernization Strategy
[ ] Review the Web Brand Consolidation documentation
[ ] Review the Collaboration Cycle documentation on Platform Website
[ ] Are you a Veteran? Consider adding your name to the Veterans willing to help VA teams with product testing document

Get set up for your practice area

Product Managers & Delivery Managers

[ ] Schedule a PM intro via Calendly with Shira Goodman (Platform Governance Team PM).
[ ] If your team is new, please complete the New VFS Team ticket. If you're joining an existing team, you can skip this step.
[ ] Watch the Analytics orientation recording
[ ] Watch the Accessibiliy orientation recording
[ ] Watch the QA orientation recording

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 located in Atlas
[x] New VFS team member has been added to the vets.gov-write GitHub team

bdech commented 2 months ago

@skirkman16 Please fill out this entire section (see image below) within this request. I am going to close this out for now. When all of the information is provided, please reopen and tag me.

schisslerg commented 2 months ago

@bdech Hi there!

I think I have a special case here - I've moved contractors (from Ad Hoc to MO Studio), and I previously completed an onboarding ticket here: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team/issues/77012 I've updated those fields below... Not sure if you'd rather keep this close and make updates on the other ticket to keep things clean?

Name: Mark (Gus) Schissler Pronouns (e.g. she/her): He/Him Role: Product Lead Email: ~gus.schissler@adhocteam.us~ → gus@themostudio.com GitHub handle*: schisslerg Start date: ~10/16/2023~ → 04/29/2024 VFS Team: ~Lighthouse Public API Platform~ → Identity Product Team

bdech commented 2 months ago

Hi Gus,

I'll go ahead, and update this template. I will keep the old ticket as is for historical purposes. One question, who are some team members on your team? I wanted to reference their assigned team in Atlas. I want to be sure I assign you to the proper team in Atlas.

schisslerg commented 2 months ago

Thanks for the help! Here are some team members:

Sofia Kirkman
Sophia Philip
Rahul Vyas
Anu Das

bdech commented 2 months ago

Hey @schisslerg, is the team Identity Product Team also known as login.gov adoption?

schisslerg commented 2 months ago

Yes it is! Sorry for the confusion

bdech commented 2 months ago

No worries, thanks for that clarification.

bdech commented 2 months ago

You should be all set! I updated your profile in Atlas, and looks like you're already a part of the vets.gov-write GH team.

department-of-veterans-affairs / va.gov-team