Preview Experience Discovery Epic

[JoeTice]

Issue Description

In Q3, a Discovery initiative was conducted which surveyed VFS User sentiment and surfaced pain points for QA on VA.gov as a whole. (Links to the survey and results are included below this description block) In addition to the Q3 Discovery of QA on VA.gov, there is a need to understand the expectations of of Platform and VA stakeholders, and to document proposed approaches, and to validate proposed success metrics before research efforts and development efforts begin.

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Tasks

• Collect, synthesize, and incorporate stakeholder input for preview environment use cases
• Generate documentation for each discovery topic
• Define/validate success metrics
• Collect baseline measurements of the defined success metrics
• Define key characteristics of the preview environment solution
• Create RFC documents based on discovery synthesis

Acceptance Criteria

• All stakeholder input has been collected and synthesized (VFS teams, Platform SMEs, etc.)
• All proposed solutions have been documented in one or more RFC(s) and made available for comments
• All success metrics are validated, baselined, and ongoing measurements have been automated
• The current user flow for the use of Review Instances has been documented
• We have answers to the below key questions regarding our implementation
  • Will we be able to create publicly accessible ephemeral preview environments (AKA avoid the need for SOCKS)?
  • Will preview environments be able to integrate with authentication services?
  • Will preview environments integrate with the test data available in lower environments from external services?
  • Will preview environments be able to represent updates from multiple repositories?
• A proposed MVP plan has been documented and vetted with our Product Owner and Platform Engineering Lead

Links/Resources

• Mural Board
• Compiled List of Feedback (Confluence)