(PW) Sprint 98 Priorities & Candidates

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Sprint Priorities

🥅 Goals 🥅

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1. 📣UX: [Federal Header/Footer] Figma prototypes for desktop & mobile #15912
2. 📣 FE: Update Events "See more events" link to use more descriptive links #15766 not yet ready for work
3. 📣 FE: [PACT Act] Update the PACT Act Wizard prototype with Danielle's content revisions #16216
4. 📣Drupal: R&S Editor UX allows multiple Beneficiaries per article #13188

Candidates for Sprint 98 (Nov 27 to Dec 05 )

Federal Standardized Header/Footer

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1. Value Prop: Provide better experiences to Veterans across the portfolio by adopting the new global OFCIO's Federal header/footer design, and also by improved performance.
2. [Federal Header/Footer] Figma prototypes for desktop & mobile #15912
   Header/footer Public Websites UX sitewide +4
   

Outreach Events Improvements

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1. Value Prop: Provide a better Veteran/VA.gov user experience by displaying links under events the user will understand clearly and navigate them to either more VAMC events like the one they are viewing, or more Outreach National Calendar events like the one they are viewing
2. Update Events "See more events" link to use more descriptive links #15766
   Events Public Websites VA.gov frontend sitewide +4
   
3. Value Prop: Ensure Veterans/VA.gov users are aware there is a registration task for events where the 'Registration Required' checkbox was checked in CMS.
4. [Events] Provide an FE design to expose the CMS field (registration required checked) to the FE #15388
   Design Events Public Websites UX non-quarter-prio sitewide +6
   

Resources & Support Taxonomy/Tagging

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1. Value Prop: Provide the Veteran/user of VA.gov a better experience when they are looking for information in Resources & Support by giving Content Editors the ability to choose more than one Audience > Beneficiary, instead of only one.
2. R&S Editor UX allows multiple Beneficiaries per article #13188
   Drupal engineering Public Websites backend sitewide +4
   
3. FE: Update Beneficiary Tag logic to accommodate multi-select #16099
   Public Websites Resources and support VA.gov frontend sitewide +4
   

Aging Content: Date Limits and Alerts

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1. Value Prop: Provide current, meaningful information to Veterans / VA.gov users so they can find pertinent information in order to manage their care and be apprised of news and available benefits as needed.
2. Implement next calculated event fixes from spike findings (#10176) #10716
   Events Public Websites VA.gov frontend non-quarter-prio sitewide +5
   
3. Note: this is implementing results gleaned from a previous Spike (10176)

Cross Platform Mobile Banner

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1. Value Prop: Ensure Mobile banners display content correctly in order to provide timely content and the best mobile experience to Veterans/other users. Note: this was formerly blocked awaiting Platform approval to use smartbanner.js, which we've not received.
2. Test the mobile app banners for Android & iOS browsers #15318
   Mobile app banners Public Websites VA.gov frontend sitewide +4
   

Income Limits

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1. Value Prop: Ensure current zip code information is available in the app to Veterans and other users of Income Limits so they have the most up-to-date information and don't receive a zip code not found message. Note: this was formerly blocked by the ticket Income Limits Automation: Test Network Connectivity from Self-Hosted Runners to VES.
2. Income Limits Automation: Create a Github usable workflow in vets-api #15203
   Blocked Drupal engineering Find a form Public Websites backend sitewide +6
   

Defect to Fix

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1. Value Prop: Fix defects which either directly affect a Veteran's / VA.gov user's experience, or affect Content Editors, thus delaying or halting updated/new content for the Veteran/user.
2. Cannot create new Reusable Q&A nodes #16108
   Defect Drupal engineering Public Websites Q&A sitewide +5
   

Defect to Fix

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1. Value Prop: Provide a meaningful error message to Veterans / VA.gov users when the search string they enter is too long ( >= 256 characters) so they know to reduce the number of characters and try their search again.
2. [Design - Search] Need text and design for >> Errors occurring when search string is too long #15983
   3 of 4
   Design Needs refining Public Websites UX VA.gov Search VA.gov frontend sitewide +7
   

Defect to Fix

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1. Value Prop: Reduce confusion to editors and promote efficiency of entering content so Veterans/users have current, updated content faster.
2. Recurring Events: Empty column in Date and time table in CMS Events form #10156
   Defect Drupal engineering Public Websites a11y-defect-3 accessibility sitewide +6
   
3. Cannot create new Reusable Q&A nodes #16108
   Defect Drupal engineering Public Websites Q&A sitewide +5
   

Medalia Survey Data (encompasses 1st-time Visitor & other Q4 Priorities)

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1. Value Prop: Analyze the qualitative survey data for the remaining PW portfolio in order to determine future projects to benefit Veteran's experience in the website and tools Note: This is an 'Evergreen' story that is worked on when time allows.
2. Analyze Medallia qualitative survey data for remaining PW portfolio products #12791
   Public Websites Research UX non-quarter-prio sitewide +5