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This file is deprecated. The most recent information should be at https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team/tree/master/platform/working-with-vsp/templates

Product Discovery Questions by Department

These questions are intended to start conversations and facilitate discovery. We want to ensure onboarding teams and the VSP team have a thorough understanding of the product being developed.

Product Scope

1. Is this a new product, or an improvement of an existing one?

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2. What are the goals or desired outcomes for this product?

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3. Do you have any key performance metrics (KPMs) and if so, what are they?

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Product Requirements

1. Is there a requirements document or engineering specification?

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2. Does this product have any soft deadlines?

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3. Does this product have any hard deadlines?

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4. Does this product have any Congressional mandates?

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5. Are there any promotional or marketing efforts planned?

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Work In Progress

1. Are there any work items in progress? This could include content strategy, information architecture, visual designs, or front/back-end code.

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Content Strategy

1. Are there any changes in strategy or copy for this product?

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2. Are there any changes in formatting or SEO strategy?

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Information Architecture

1. Are there any URL or site structure changes included in this product?

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2. Will this product require any new URLs or homepage calls to action?

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User Research

1. Does your team conduct user research as part of your process?

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2. If yes to 1, do you conduct quantitative, qualitative, or another type of research?

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3. Does your team do any type of mobile or accessibility testing as part of your research?

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Design and User Experience

1. What is your team's design process? Do you prefer to work mobile-first?

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2. How does your team approach responsive design?

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Front-end Development

1. Has your team previously used the Formation design system?

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2. How do you approach testing? Does your team prefer to write unit, e2e, or integration tests?

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3. Does your team include tests as part of code submissions?

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Back-end Development

1. Does your team know of any integration points like a login routine that will be needed for your product?

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2. Are there any APIs needed to make your product function correctly?

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Accessibility

1. Are you planning to integrate with any third-party libraries or UI components like drag-and-drop or mapping interfaces?

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2. Does your QA effort include any accessibility testing?

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3. If yes to 2, can you describe the test procedures used?

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4. Would you be interested in additional accessibility best practice training sessions?

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5. If yes to 4, can you describe the type of training that would be most useful?

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