Onboarding

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Onboarding for VFS teams

Welcome to the Veteran-facing Services Platform

We're excited that your team will be building an application (or feature) on the Veteran-facing Services Platform! This is the place to get started with onboarding your team.

Step 1: Understand culture

Have all team members review the:

• Code of Conduct for working on the Veteran-facing Services Platform

  • If you have questions about the Code of Conduct, ask your DSVA contact.

• Platform Principles

• Norms for communication

  • Review the norms for communication so you understand how to communicate effectively with DSVA, the platform team, and other VFS teams.

• Norms for using Github

  • Be sure team members review the tips for creating a Github account before they create a Github account in Step #2.

Step 2: Request access to tools

• Request access to the tools your team needs to work on the Veteran-facing Services Platform.

Step 3: Understand norms for using tools

• Understand how to use the tools to do your work.