Kharkiv PMDay 2019 Spring Content

1. Kak ne vikinut’ novi4qua za bort*
Maksym Streltsov
DevPro
*Onboarding - best practise
September 27,
2018

2. Your probation
wasn’t satisfactory!

3. What can
go wrong?

6. Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/conflict

11. Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/onboarding

13. Don’t worry,
I’ll onboard you.

14. ONBOARDING PROCESS
small project

16. Ground Rules
covers the main aspects of the game rules of the
project and within the company, starting with
work schedules and finishing with coding
standards, going through the Rest Days policy
and finishing up with what cookies are provided.
All delivered by the PM.

17. ONBOARDING PROCESS
big project

18. Each month, we take about
9 people on board
for the 6 month
period
at Dev-Pro.
It requires a lot of time and attention from
Team Leads and Project Managers,
so we set up a process to make it all
smooth and less time-consuming

19. Welcome letter
Project onboarding meeting
Technical onboarding meeting
Individual onboarding folder review
Gathering feedback

20. The welcome letter
provides the newcomer with a broad vision of the
project.

21. Welcome letter
Project onboarding meeting
Technical onboarding meeting
Individual onboarding folder review
Gathering feedback

22. ● Project history
● App architecture
● Environments
● Organization structure
● Fix versions
● App overview
● Video demonstration of the main flow
Points to review with newcomer:

23. Welcome letter
Project onboarding meeting
Technical onboarding meeting
Individual onboarding folder review
Gathering feedback

24. Technical onboarding meeting
Onboarding is held by Team Leads in order to provide newcomers
with a deep understanding of app architecture.

25. Welcome letter
Project onboarding meeting
Technical onboarding meeting
Individual onboarding folder review
Gathering feedback

26. The Project Manager goes through the content
of onboarding folder with the newcomer, using
the guide. The newcomer has plenty of
information to consume while he waits for his
credentials to be prepared for him.

27. Guide contains information about:
● Messengers
● Meetings
● Team
● Project
● Time tracking

28. Addresses of channels we use,
with a short description
Messenger

29. Description of daily and regular
meetings we have.
Meetings

30. Review of team organization chart.
Team

31. - Website
- System architecture document
- Requirement ownership
document
- Coding standards
- Glossary
Project

32. Welcome letter
Project onboarding meeting
Technical onboarding meeting
Individual onboarding folder review
Gathering feedback

33. One-to-ones
Regular one-to-ones with
the newcomer gather feedback
on onboarding process

34. Follow:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/makstreltsov
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/makstreltsov
Blog:
http://streltsovblog.xyz

35. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION