Slack

We use Slack extensively!

Channel naming conventions

Use these to ping a large group of people, without having to @here or @channel a room full of the wrong people.

These handles ping oncall engineers, use for emergencies or urgent items.

@login-devops-team Group to tag the Login.gov devops team
@login-partnerships-team Group to address Login.gov partnerships team members
@login-ux-feds Group to tag the Login.gov UX federal employees
@login-ux-practice Group to tag all of the Login.gov UX practitioners
@login-ux-ops Group to tag the Login.gov UX Operations team
@github-admins-login members of this group can edit identity-core GitHub team membership

Here are some common Slack Channels for the Login.gov team

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#login: important

Channel for the whole team, team-wide announcements and so on

#login-ux: design

Channel for the user experience design team (research, visual, content)
#login-public-site Discussion around the Login.gov marketing/brochure/public site
#login-design-system design

Discussion around the Login.gov design system
#login-accessibility-wg design

Accessibility working group

#login-devops: devops

Platform and tools channel
#login-new-env-setup: Platform channel specifically for helping people set up their environments (AWS, Terraform, etc.)
#login-containers: Channel for workflows on containerization in Docker
#login-events: Channel for automated notifications from AWS monitoring
#login-security: Channel for security-related discussions
#login-soc-events: Channel for automated notifications from AWS SOC monitoring
#login-load-testing: Discussion around load testing of Login.gov
#login-compliance FedRAMP and other Compliance information

#login-partnerships: Internal discussion around partnerships initiatives
#login-partner-support: Channel for providing customer support, we often grant guest Slack access to partners

#login-handbook: Discussion and coordination around this handbook
#login-leads: Login.gov leadership team channel
#login-professional-development: Discussion and coordination around professional development, attending conferences, etc.
#login-situation: devops

Incident response coordination channel
#login-random: important

Fun/random/miscellaneous channel
#login-fraud-mitigation: Discussion around fraud mitigation
#login-recruiting Channel to talk about hiring and recruiting
#login-summit: Used to coordinate all-team meetings (IRLs) that happen semi-annually
#login-user-support: Escalations and triage from user support