# Product Lead Onboarding

### 1. **Introduction**

**Welcome to the team! We are excited to have you as a product manager for our next project cycle.**

- **Purpose of the Runbook**
    
    
    - Explain the goals of the onboarding process.
    - Outline the scope of the product manager role.

### 2. **Blueprint Overview**

- Blueprint is a student organization created to serve Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) by providing them with free web or mobile app solutions.

### 3. **Team and Role Responsibilities** 

- **Organize project team and NPO meetings**
    
    
    - Project team meetings may consist of: 
        - **Standup** – Quick updates on progress
        - **Task Review** – Evaluate ongoing/completed tasks and address any concerns
        - **NPO feedback review** (if applicable)
        - **Task Assignment** – Define and assign tasks for the upcoming week
        - **Open Discussion** – Address any additional topics or unplanned updates
    - Weekly meetings will alternate between standup and sprint planning/review. More info linked down below
    - NPO meetings occur monthly and consist of: 
        - **Progress Report** – DIsplay project progress to stakeholders
        - **Open Discussion** – Ask any relevant questions regarding the project or project status
- **Define Tasks/Features to be implemented**
    - Create user stories and task descriptions for developers to implement
    - Work with the Tech Lead decide technical implementation of tasks/features
- **Set goals and Timeline**
    - - Set goals for each meeting and sprint
        - Determine the timeline of the project 
            - What features can be done by the MVP, by the final product handoff?
            - What features need to be cut? 
                - If so, how should I tell the NPO?
- **Team Dynamics/Hierarchy**
    - The project team hierarchy is as such: PL --> Lead Developer --> Developers
    - PLs have the final say in all decisions 
        - Decide what can and cannot be done
    - Determine priority of tasks/features
- **Track Project Progress**
    - Utilize time management applications to track status of project 
        - Github taskboard, Jira, Notion, etc...

### 4. Learning Resources and Documentation

- For Scrum/Agile Methodology 
    - [https://wiki.sitblueprint.com/books/onboarding/page/product-management-agile-at-blueprint](https://wiki.sitblueprint.com/books/onboarding/page/agilescrum-at-blueprint "https://wiki.sitblueprint.com/books/onboarding/page/product-management-agile-at-blueprint")

### 5. Communication Channels 

- **For Project Team**
    - GitHub Task Board
    - Meeting Minutes
    - Discord Channels
- **For NPO** 
    - Google meet, zoom, etc...
    - Email
    - For fast/urgent communication 
        - Slack, Discord, etc...