Platform Orientation feedback ticket from Backend CoP team

[rmtolmach]

This ticket is for reporting to Governance the state of all materials referenced in the Platform Orientation process. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Governance team on Slack using the @platform-governance-team-members group on the #platform-team channel. Thank you.

• [x] Update title of ticket with your teams name

ALL Platform Teams

• [x] Review the New VFS Team Member template

• [x] Review the New VFS Team template

• [ ] Verify all links/references are accurate

  • [x] If a broken link or wrong reference is identified, please include details below:

• At the bottom of the template, there's a line: "...please reach out to Platform via the guidance provided in Getting help from Platform in Slack." That link 404s–it should be this link: https://depo-platform-documentation.scrollhelp.site/support/getting-help-from-the-platform-in-slack

• [ ] Verify there are no gaps in what new team and team members need to know about Platform

  • [x] If a gap is identified, please include details below:

• The backend developer documentation is linked, which is good. But the documentation itself could be updated a bit. https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team/issues/89848 opened for the BE CoP to address.

• Non-blocking comment about the sentence, "Because the VA is a huge organization that serves millions, the Platform it runs on is equally big, complex, and multilayered." On first read, it sounds like our Platform is the one-and-only platform that the entire VA runs on, which isn't true.

• [ ] Make recommendations and/or suggestions for improvements to Platform orientation N/A

  • [ ] If your team has recommendations or suggestions, please include details below: N/A

Backend COP

• [x] Watch the Backend Orientation and verify content is up to date and accurate. If not, please create a ticket to rerecord the video and prioritize it for an upcoming sprint. Share with Governance once ready.
  • [x] I edited the video to make a few changes and re-uploaded it (w/ the transcript) and updated the link in the Orientation Sessions page

[shiragoodman]

@rmtolmach can I close this? Looks like you all have completed everything on our list.

[rmtolmach]

@shiragoodman sure! I thought this ticket was for your team to track anything we found, so I haven't been keeping an eye on it. I did make note of a broken link and commented on a sentence, but if you're tracking those things elsewhere, you can close this 🙂

[shiragoodman]

yes, we have a larger ticket that has links to all of the tickets we asked Platform teams/CoPs to complete. so no need to keep it open anymore if all the work is done. Ty!