New VFS Team Member Template Riley Orr

LynneJohnson224 commented 3 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
[x] Complete the Onboarding Checklist below
[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] Complete the fields below:
- Name: Riley Orr
- Pronouns (e.g. she/her): she/her
- Role: Accessibility Specialist
- Email: riley.orr@adhocteam.us
- GitHub handle*: rileyorr
- Start date: 6/10/2024
- VFS Team: MHV on VA.gov

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

General

[x] Watch the General orientation recording
[x] Update your Slack profile
[x] Watch VA.gov overview video for an overview of VA.gov
[x] Watch VFS Orientation for Platform Website video
[x] Watch the Platform Support overview video
[x] Review the Getting help from the Platform in Slack guidance
[x] Review Welcome documentation
[x] Review Support Overview documentation
[x] Review the guidance on Submitting a feature request
[x] Request Access to Tools
[x] 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.
[x] 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
[x] Review guidance on the Platform Satisfaction Survey
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
[x] 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 Accessibility 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

AnthonyWFlowers commented 3 months ago

Tier 1 checklist complete.

AnthonyWFlowers commented 3 months ago

Greetings @LynneJohnson224 Riley Orr is added to Atlas and Github Vets.gov write team.

rileyorr commented 3 months ago

Hello! I just wanted to provide an update on my status with this ticket:

I'm still waiting on access to my va.gov email so I'm unable to request access to many tools. I'm anticipating that'll be resolved on Monday when my COR returns from PTO and is able to approve the access.
There's a 404 link in the task: Watch the getting started with design videos
- Is there an updated link to this video I should access?
I had a couple questions regarding the Review the Digital Modernization Strategy and Review the Web Brand Consolidation documentation tasks. I'm happy to submit the questions in another medium if that would be helpful!
- Have we considered converting the page into a markdown file with text rather than pdfs so the content is more accessible?
- I noticed these pages were last updated 5 years ago - is this content still accurate? I'm curious if either of these files would benefit from being updated with newer information about strategy and what the teams are working on.

rileyorr commented 3 months ago

I'm now able to use my VA email and have gained access to the tools applicable to my job.

@LynneJohnson224 I still cannot access the getting started with design video I mentioned in my previous comment. Is this something I should open a Platform support ticket for?

LynneJohnson224 commented 3 months ago

@rileyorr , yes, please reach out to Platform about the design video 404.

rileyorr commented 3 months ago

Confirming that the video was removed and this template will be updated to remove the corresponding task. I'm good to close this onboarding ticket, as all other tasks have been finished!

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