Facilities Team Sprint 88 plan

[davidmpickett]

Initiatives

Full Width Banners 🎯

State of the union

• Tech = ready to ship
• KBs = open work in sprint, then VHA DM signoff required for launch date.

This sprint

• 🎯 KB Articles related to VAMC System Banner Alert with Situation Updates: Review for publish #14009
• 🎯 VAMC System Banner Alert w/ Situation Updates: Launch plan #14117

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VBA Modernization

State of the union: largely blocked by Sitewide CAIA review

This sprint

• @mmiddaugh to follow up with CAIA re: timing/status
• Sitewide CAIA ticket: New proposed VBA terms for Service Taxonomy + Content Review from Facilities  va.gov-team#58511
• Our ticket: VBA: Review and Incorporate Feedback from sitewide content IA team #14123
• Michelle to work with DaveP & Jordan on pushing next steps

Items blocked by #14123

• Design
  • Jordan to incorporate sitewide content feedback into designs
  • VBA Design sign off internally
  • then Mid-point (Prep for VBA Midpoint review #10473)
• Research
  • Alexis to compile recommendations for UX Research Artifacts based on feedback from sitewide content (Research: Create VBA Veteran Facing Usability Research Plan #13338)
  • Cindy to provide input design (+ prototype) upon return
  • Cindy to review Alexis recommendations and finalize UX Research Artifacts

Stretch / next sprint

• Update existing spec document with feedback from CMS Collab Cycle #14265

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Facility Locator

State of the union: Prepping for Design intent

This sprint

• Get sign off on Designs internally from DaveC @thejordanwood
• 🎯 Finish Design Intent prep tasks from PM angle (Prep for Facility Locator Design Intent  #14011)

Stretch/next sprint

• Kick off platform collab cycle with design intent meeting
• Incorporate feedback from platform
• Pause on usability work until post VBA Editor Research

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Mental Health Numbers

State of the union: Largely blocked on things from VHA DM

• Coverage: @mmiddaugh to follow up on open questions

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Product Maintenance

• Drupal 10 upgrade testing - Facilities Team #13112
  • CMS expects to have testing environment available ~July 10
  • 🎯 to have @omahane complete as much testing as possible this sprint, with acknowledgement that this ticket is likely to roll over to given size of effort, @swirtSJW absence, and inter-team dependencies
• Fix str_replace process plugin patch #14237
• Editors unable to save changes to Staff Profile pages #14205
• Make the content of the PPMS trainings array available via vets-api  #13359
  • Check with @maxx1128 upon return if he is unblocked and can move this forward or not
• Update style of Operating Status alert on VAMC Location pages #11700 (stretch depending on Max capacity)

Continuous Work streams

Accessibility Initiated

• VAMC Directions links SHOULD include sr-only text to indicate specific location #12085
• Update Vet Center directions link with sr-only solution #13837

Help Desk Initiated

• Will pull in flagged facility work as it becomes unblocked by editors

[jilladams]

Shortlist of topics for Sprint Planning

• Kamari / PM transition
• VAMC Banners
  • Mini demo -- move to refinement tomorrow, first thing. Invite @TroyA6 / @stefaniefgray. Will be helpful for writing these KB updates. @davidmpickett Done!
  • KB Articles
  • Launch today go/no-go
• Closing Sprint 87
• UX check in for any work in flight that was happening in non-sprint-planning venues / check base on touchpoints and coverage
• Capacity in this sprint
• Some process notes to help with transition

[jilladams]

Coverage topics:

• VHA DM -- need coverage for next week
• Lighthouse -- Michelle / Jill, Steve/Christian, Dave backup
• VBA RO -- 2 weeks from now.
• Refinements --
  • Team refinement -- Jill conflict after 1st 30mins
    • Invite Troy/Stef
  • UX refinement -- Jill/ Michelle

[jilladams]

• Ryan & Swirt, Alexis, Jordan = capacity is handled
• Christian load until D10 is ready, str_replace, KB article reviews for banners

TO DO:

• Confirm Design load in S88
• Drupal refined info
• DaveP: VBA specs, Banner KBs, and PM help
• Max: ? capacity for next week+

[davidmpickett]

Question for this afternoon

• Update Vet Center directions link with sr-only solution #13837

[davidmpickett]

Notes from mid-sprint check-in on 7/12

• VAMC Banners
  • KB Articles related to VAMC System Banner Alert with Situation Updates: Review for publish #14009 Our updates and team review will complete this sprint, but review by CMS Team / Helpdesk may not
  • Review of new or updated KB article : VAMC System Banner alerts #14317 added to track their review
  • VAMC System Banner Alert w/ Situation Updates: Launch plan #14117 This will not merge in Sprint 88 because of timing of reviews and VHA DM comms
• VBA Modernization
  • SCAIA feedback was received early in sprint and unblocked other work
• Facility Locator
  • Moving along well - design intent scheduled
• Drupal 10
  • Drupal 10 upgrade testing - Facilities Team #13112 is blocked by interteam comms and coordination. Meetings are happening and scaffolding work for Sprint 89
• All other tickets on track for completion this sprint