Product Manager and Owner

Join the Hack for LA Guides Team as a Product Manager

Each of the resources below can be considered a work-in-progress. These resources will evolve and adapt as the team and team needs change. Feel free to open an issue with a link to whichever resource needs improvement and a description of the suggested change.

Getting Started

1. Learn how we setup our GitHub Kanban boards and please comment if there is anything in the document that is unclear.

2. This Software Development Lifecycle Diagram is a sample of what the process is generally like at Hack for LA and each project is different.

3. Review our Milestones.

4. Communicate with other product team members and leadership to discuss project priorities and strategic direction.

First Issue you will work on

1. Open this link and change the parts in brackets "[ ]" with your name

2. Submit the issue

3. Self Assign the issue

4. Add the issue to the project board

5. Move the issue to the In progress column

6. Let us know when you have completed these steps by posting in the #guides Slack channel

7. Provide weekly updates (in comments at the bottom of your issue) using this template

   Please provide update
   1. Progress: 
   2. Blockers: 
   3. Availability:
   4. ETA: 
   5. Pictures (if necessary): 
   

   How to fill out the template

   Please provide update Progress: "What is the current status of your project? What have you completed and what is left to do?" Blockers: "Difficulties or errors encountered." Availability: "How much time will you have this week to work on this issue?" ETA: "When do you expect this issue to be completed?" Pictures (if necessary): "Add any pictures that will help illustrate what you are working on."

8. Review your notes with the team at team meetings.

Second Issue

6. Review the Project Board and the Product Management issues available on that board to identify an actionable backlog item.

7. Guides Tracker