Create a Guide/Template: Decision Records

[raswani2023]

Overview

We need to create a guide to making decision records so that decisions can be documented/stored more easily.

Action Items

The phases in the guide-making process are listed below. Each phase displayed in blue is linked to a wiki page with instructions on how to complete that phase. Open the wiki page in a new tab, copy the instructions for each part into the section labeled 'Tasks' at the bottom of this issue, and complete each task listed.

• Gather Examples Solo (open in a new tab)
• Gather Examples Collaboratively
• Create a Guide Draft
  • If needed, create a template
• Have your guide peer reviewed
• Present your guide for leadership review

Resources/Instructions

Projects to Check

• 100 Automations
• 311 Data
• Access the Data
• BallotNav
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
• Civic Tech Index
• Civic Tech Jobs
• Civic Tech Structure
• Data Science Projects
• Design Systems
• Engage
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
• Food Oasis
• GreenEarthOS
• Guides
• HomeUniteUs
• Internship project
• Lucky Parking
• Open Community Survey
• People Depot
• Tables team
• TDM Calculator
• VRMS
• Hack for LA's Website
• Youth Justice Nav

Tasks

• This is where you will copy instructions from the wiki page for the step you are currently on.

[JesseTheCleric]

Prior version of issue

Overview

We need to create a guide to making decision records so that decisions can be documented/stored more easily.

Action Items

• Gather examples of how other projects have done it, adding each example as a link in the resources section. It is really important to annotate as you go in this issue, so that if you have to stop working on the issue, its already up to date with your findings.
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Gather Examples" label and add the "TG: Draft Template" label
• Create a draft template, either in markdown format in this issue or a google doc in the Engineering google drive
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Draft Template" label and add the "TG: Create Guide" label
• Create a guide on how to use the template
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Create Guide" label and add the "TG: Review Guide" label
• Review the guide with product management communities of practice
  • Once done, remove the "TG: Review Guide" label and add the "TG: Leadership Review" label
• Present to Hack for LA leadership team for sign off
  • Once approved, remove the "TG: Leadership Review" label and add the "TG: Place Guide" label
• Possibly create an issue template on .github
  • Include link to template under resources if you add it as a template in .github

Resources

Update tracker issue (TBD) with the name of item you are working

Projects to check

• 100 Automations
• 311 Data
• Access the Data
• BallotNav
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
• Civic Tech Index
• Civic Tech Jobs
• Civic Tech Structure
• Data Science Projects
• Design Systems
• Engage
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
• Food Oasis
• GreenEarthOS
• Guides
• HomeUniteUs
• Internship project
• Lucky Parking
• Open Community Survey
• People Depot
• Tables team
• TDM Calculator
• VRMS
• Hack for LA's Website
• Youth Justice Nav

[JesseTheCleric]

Assignee, Labels, Project Board Placement, and Milestones for this issue in the Engineering Repo: