Delivery
- Identify business stakeholder, portfolio manager
- Roll out strategy (e.g. Big bang? Phases? Continuous Delivery?)
- Set up RAID log in JIRA to manage risks, assumptions, dependencies and issues
- Define Definitions of Ready & Done
- Establish & Explain Story Point Estimation, Reporting Requirements, & System Monitoring Requirements
- Refined backlog (N+2) / 2 iteration worth of refined stories ready for development
Budget + Governance
- Set up Budget Tracker
- Identify team members & update budget tracker for allocation
- Determine SOW requirements and notify
- Planview setup
- Create CBA
Development
- Development Process & Tools Definition Installation Packages Storage
- Local Environment Setup Guide
- Verification methods & Security Code Analysis Using
- Guidelines: Coding, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Contract Testing, Static Code Analysis
- Code Review Process, Branching Strategy, Repository & Its Structure Definition
Infrastructure + CI/CD
- Define Development & QA Environments
- Non-digital platform integration requirements (e.g. Sendsuite, COSTAR, PPE, PMM, SFMC)
- Infrastructure / Firewall access requirements
- Agree plan for Stage Environment Configuration
- Understand code merge responsibility and release tagging
- Define CI/CD process and deployment strategy
- Non-digital platform integration requirements (e.g. Sendsuite, COSTAR, PPE, PMM, SFMC)
- Infrastructure / Firewall access requirements
- Agree plan for Stage Environment Configuration
- Understand code merge responsibility and release tagging
- Define CI/CD pipelines
Security
- Technical Design/Architecture artifact (e.g. TIA)
- Applicable security artifact (e.g. NIRA, SAINT)
- Determine if Pen Test is required
- Determine engagement mechanism between risk assessor, security arch & solution arch
Quality Assurance
- Define Test Approach for Testing: User Stories, Epics, Automation with Chapter Lead, Performance, Security, System Integration, User Acceptance, Regression, Business Acceptance, Accessibility (AODA)
- Define Test: Calendar Plans, Progress Monitoring, Reports, Data, Strategy, Process,
Resources
- Map stakeholders (both technology & business)
- Assign Security Architect & Risk Assessor
- Engage Security BSA Engage Enterprise Risk (ERM)
Onboarding
- Define internal & External Communication Plans
- Provision CTC system access for 3rd party resources
- Onboard Testers & Developers
- Configure Squad MS Teams chat, email distribution group, and calendar (for stat holidays and planned leave)
- Configure Squad MS Teams chat, email distribution group, and calendar (for stat holidays and planned leave)
- Align Squad working agreements
- Configure new / leverage existing Jira & Confluence space (depending on type of initiative)
- Request qTest instance (if applicable)
