In this update:

Hey, wait, this isn’t Evan!

That’s because he just ramped up our new Product Manager Ruth Birman.

Evan got me up to speed while completing several tasks, as well. Go, Evan!





🌹 Rose (what are we celebrating?):

Our celebrations are focused mainly around onboarding. Everyone has been incredibly patient while I get up to speed on the overall domain. As a newbie PM, I dug into Flow to see what generating the reports is really like.

I spent some time on day one with Evan, Jesse and Aakash. I went back and re-read the PM Onboarding with renewed understanding and context. This allowed me to actually to a few tasks somewhat competently week one.

Evan introduced me to IT. This enabled me to take on follow-up tasks. I followed up with IT on authentication and role-based access, which will become critical for our next epic.

We identified an opportunity to split the collision reporting work into two phases. The first phase includes the collision data to create warrant reports. The second phase focuses on implementing the remaining collision reports.

Thanks to Evan for being such a great onboarding buddy!

Additionally, he managed to get the warrant reporting started, conducted in-person usability tests and implemented the feedback.





🌱 Bud (what are we anticipating?):

We’re expecting that a designer will be joining us at the end of the week. This will allow us to have a tightly formed unit. Hooray!

We have some movement on authentication, so Evan is kicking off this sprint digging into that to see what else we may need to get from IT. From there, we’re going to continue on with the reporting and usability testing.

This is well-timed, allowing the new designer and me to ramp up on the process simultaneously.





📌 Thorn (what are we fixing?):

A minor point that we still need to resolve is my computer. It’s not a considerable blocker, but not having it means that I have to find a PC to log into. In the interim, I’ve brought my own, which allows me to access several resources and continue to make meaningful progress.

Evan was also hoping that the reporting would be further along. Due to the short week and the additional time needed to ramp me up, it didn’t get as far he hoped. We’re focused on reporting as one of our big rocks to move this sprint, and hopefully, me taking on some of the non-dev tasks will lighten the load.





Thoughts/Reflections:

It’s pretty incredible to be a part of a project like this. We have the potential to make a huge difference here, and I can’t wait to see how much we can transform these systems over the next quarter. Thanks for having me, C4C.