GMP Onboarding - Verify::Runner

Purpose

This issue will detail the tasks related to getting up to speed and understanding Verify::Runner group vision, roadmap, competitive landscape, team health, process, and partnership across the organization.

Opening Tasks

• Create issue
• Share with Darren E, Verify EMs, Verify Designer, QA teammate, PMM
• Schedule syncs with the stable counterparts
• Complete Onboarding

Market landscape

• Review key analyst reports in space
• Review CI Use case: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/strategic-marketing/usecase-gtm/ci/
• https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/learn-github-actions/migrating-from-gitlab-cicd-to-github-actions
• Open MRs as needed
• Prepare deep dive interview with Darren

Roadmap

• Review Direction Pages of Categories

• https://about.gitlab.com/direction/verify/runner/

• Open MRs as needed
• Review documentation of each category

• https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/

• Prepare deep dive interview with Darren

Backlog health of categories

• Create scorecard for Runner Category

Relationships across the company

• Review team page https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/ops/verify/runner/
• Review throughput of engineering
  • https://app.periscopedata.com/app/gitlab/681347/MR-Metrics-by-Organization
• Review design process
• Review prior meetings with CS
• Open MRs as needed to process

Sensing Mechanisms

• How are decisions being made?
• What do you rely the on most to prioritize work?
• What role do prospects play?
• What do you consider your TAM?
• Can you share your Opportunity canvases?