Creating Quick Reference Guide to Support Stable Counterparts

Request for comments

Need

I would like a quick reference guide for Support to find out who are the current Support Stable Counterparts (SSCs) for each Section/Stage/Group, other than reading through the sections, stages and groups; that page. I was interested in looking something like this up when I onboarded, I have also been asked by other onboarding SEs about who is assigned to which Group, so that they could reach out and understand what being an SSC was all about and how they could contribute further if they wished to do so.

The other aspect is to flag those areas that aren't very impactful to Support and denote this in a reference as to why there is no SSC for this area at this point in time.

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Ket 8 hours ago
Reason I'm asking is twofold:
- I want to know what managers are assigned to different Sections coz' I'm interested in finding out more/contributing at this level?
- I was after a quick ref layout for SEs interested in reaching out to existing SSCs to have a quick ref (I also had similar question from new starters wanting to know what SSCs do)

arty-chan 8 hours ago
A list of both could be generated from what's in the handbook but I've always just looked it up. As far as I'm aware, the only stage we have a manager is Fulfillment. I’m not sure we've seen a need for a manager in other areas so far but I could see it being helpful for Manage which is the one other stage where issues might have a high impact on how support works (edited)

Ket 8 hours ago
The above just had me thinking a quick table ref in our support handbook page might be helpful, and we can also list like why there isn't a need for SSCs in certain sections/stages for future peoples wondering which one they might have an interest in or looking to participate

Ket 8 hours ago Question here is: would creating the hb be needlessly duplicating?

arty-chan 8 hours ago
Just some haml coding
At the section/stage level, since it’s something that managers would take on, I’m not sure what the exact criteria would be. ICs can take any group that is available and even be a second SSC for busy groups

Approach

Data from:

  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/data/sections.yml
  • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/data/stages.yml
  • Support Readiness - GitLab 15.0
Section SSC
_Support Manager_
Stage SSC
_Support Engineer_
Group SSC
_Support Engineer_
Analytics TBD Analytics N/A Product Intelligence @collen
DevOps TBD Manage @cynthia Authentication & Authorization
Import
@cynthia
DevOps TBD Manage @cynthia Workspace @cynthia @joseph
DevOps TBD Manage @cynthia Compliance
Optimize
TBD
DevOps TBD Plan @bprescott\_ Project Management @bprescott\_
DevOps TBD Plan @bprescott\_ Product Planning
Certify
TBD
DevOps TBD Create @b_freitas Source Code
Code Review
TBD
DevOps TBD Create @b_freitas Editor @brad
DevOps TBD Create @b_freitas Gitaly @gerardo
DevOps TBD Ecosystems TBD Integrations
Foundations
TBD
Ops TBD Verify TBD Pipeline Execution
Pipeline Authoring
@calebcooper
Ops TBD Verify TBD Runner @atanayno
Ops TBD Verify TBD Pipeline Insights TBD
Ops TBD Package @nelbacha Package @nelbacha
Ops TBD Release @jemcgrew Release @jemcgrew
Ops TBD Configure @lwbrown Configure @lwbrown
Ops TBD Monitor TBD Respond
Observability
@cody
Growth N/A Growth N/A Acquisition
Activation
N/A
Fulfillment @jlyttle Fulfillment N/A Purchase @rverschoor
Fulfillment @jlyttle Fulfillment N/A Provision @kevenhughes
Fulfillment @jlyttle Fulfillment N/A Utilization @shemgyll
Fulfillment @jlyttle Fulfillment N/A Fulfillment Platform TBD
Enablement @jcolyer Systems N/A Distribution:Build
Distribution:Deploy
@dstanley @admiralboom
Enablement @jcolyer Systems N/A Geo @bocarbonell
Enablement @jcolyer Data Stores N/A Memory @mhuseinbasic
Enablement @jcolyer Data Stores N/A Global Search @vstoianovici
Enablement @jcolyer Data Stores N/A Database
Pods
@bprescott\_
SaaS Platforms TBD SaaS Platforms TBD Delivery
Scalability
GitLab Dedicated
TBD
ModelOps TBD ModelOps N/A Applied Machine Learning
MLOps
DataOps
N/A
Sec TBD Secure TBD Static Analysis
Threat Insights
Vulnerability Research
@greg
Sec TBD Secure TBD Dynamic Analysis @kategrechishkina
Sec TBD Secure TBD Composition Analysis @katrinleinweber
Sec TBD Anti-Abuse TBD Anti-Abuse N/A
Sec TBD Protect TBD Container Security @joseph

Benefit

Increased efficiency when referring to our SSC participants.

Competition / Alternatives

  • Do nothing, continue referencing https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/categories/#devops-stages
  • This page falls out of date if not feeding from https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/categories/#devops-stages
Edited Jun 22, 2022 by Ket Slaats
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