👶 Coverage for Sunjung Park from 2025-08-18 until 2026-09-11

Intent

This issue describes how team members help each other take meaningful time away from work. The goal is for those taking PTO to not feel like they need to "catch up" before and after taking a well-deserved vacation.

🤝 Responsibilities

Priority	Responsibility	Link	Primary backup DRI	Secondary backup DRI
HIGH	CI section design sprint	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-ux/cicd-ux/ci-cd-design-sprint/-/issues/2+	@rayana, @veethika	-
HIGH	Interlocked items	See the comment threads below	TBA: Contingent worker, #ux-coworking	@dhershkovitch, @manuelgrabowski
MEDIUM	Non-interlocked items, continuous UX improvements and collaborations with other teams	See the comment threads below	TBA: Contingent worker, #ux-coworking	@dhershkovitch, @manuelgrabowski
LOW	Reviewing Community Contribution merge requests	#ux-community-contributions	Reviewer roulette

💪 Coverage Tasks

Include specific issue links for tasks to be completed by your backups.

• Item - Link - @assignee

🚙 Parked tasks

List the larger responsibilities that aren't moving forward until I return, such as creating a prototype or planning/conducting research.

• PA + Environment team Paper Cuts (&14965)
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ux-research/-/issues/2387+
• Draft: Improving usability in CI/CD Settings (gitlab#498476)
• Pipeline Summary (&9244)
• Build Figma file with componentized product pages (ci-cd-ux#127 - closed)
• https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/17593+

📖 References

Here are some references for how I and my group generally works:

• Pipeline Auhtoring Group Handbook Page
  • See the counterparts 🙂
• Ops direction pages
• Verify stage roadmap

✅ Issue Tasks

⭕ Opening Tasks

• Assign to yourself
• Title the issue Coverage for YOUR-NAME from XXXX-XX-XX until XXXX-XX-XX
• Add any relevant references, including direction pages, handbook pages, and so on
• Fill in the Responsibilities table with broad based responsibilities
• Fill in the specific Coverage Tasks with distinct items to complete and assignees
• Assign this issue to anyone with a specific task or responsibility assigned to them
• Share this issue in your section, stage, and group Slack channels, and with your manager
• Link to this issue in the "Role Description" section of the Time Off by Deel coverage for your out of office dates
• Update your GitLab.com status with your out of office dates
• (Optional) Add an issue comment for your retrospective titled: :recycle: Retrospective Thread

❌ Closing Tasks

• Assign back to yourself and remove others
• Review any Retrospective items with your counterparts and manager