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During this sprint, the team focused on improving data handling, user experience, and compliance with updated reporting standards. Key highlights included:
FRA Reporting Requirements MVP:
Implemented a feature flag for controlled access to FRA Data Files, allowing early access users to test new functionality.
Enabled TDP to accurately process and display new FRA report types.
Finalized specifications for FRA report #1 to ensure clarity, usability, and alignment with new regulatory requirements.
Established a structured plan for evaluating usability and effectiveness in early access testing.
Operations &. Maintenance:
Improved file upload functionality by addressing encoding errors and ensuring files are automatically encoded to UTF-8.
Ensured that the release notes and knowledge center updates are properly drafted, tested, and communicated to STTs.
Maintained compliance with the recent executive order, aligning our system with federal requirements.
Roadmap Progress
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FRA Reporting Requirements MVP | ON TRACK | Progress: 44% | Estimated Completion Date: May 15, 2025
Note: The first stage of frontend development (#3398) is taking longer than expected to make it to QASP review. However, as of now, this has no implications to the flow of development work. We will continue to monitor progress.
Note: We are awaiting the list of STTs that we'd like to contact about early accessing from Lauren Frohlich. We would like to send this email out to all STTs by March 1 so we can start soliciting responses.
Regional Staff Access to TDP | AT RISK | Progress: 0% | Estimated Completion Date: April 22, 2025
Potential Risk: QASP review on the updates to the access workflow (#3384) is taking longer than expected. This may delay the completion of the final training session for regional staff by a sprint.
OFA Regional Staff UI MVP | ON TRACK | Progress: 8% | Estimated Completion Date: October 21, 2025
Note: We are back on track with design ideation! Excited to share some of our designs soon :)
Application Health Monitoring | AT RISK | Progress: 45% | Estimated Completion Date: July 23, 2025
Potential Risk: Decommissioning Kibana/ElasticSearch (#3363) is taking longer than expected, because the scope of work has been larger than anticipated. We are continuing to track completion and will update timelines for this epic accordingly.
Potential Risk: Integrating Prometheus with Mimir (#3244) has been taking longer than expected, due to limitations with Cloud.gov and a lack of documentation available. We are currently exploring alternative solutions that achieve similar end results, but is causing this work to take longer than expected. We will continue to monitor progress and will update timelines for this epic accordingly.
Streamlines and simplifies the reparse logic by creating a shared utility function, improving maintainability and enabling more customizable parsing behavior for both the admin and management commands.
QASP REVIEW
FRA Reporting Requirements MVP
Task
Value Proposition
Status
#3397 - Add FRA report types to DataFile model and implement reparsing logic
Enabled the system to accurately process and display new FRA report types, ensuring the integrity of reporting workflows and facilitating seamless updates for enhanced analysis and decision-making.
COMPLETE
#3417 - Align on goals for FRA early access testing
Ensured alignment with stakeholders on the primary goals of the early access user testing, enabling a focused approach that drives meaningful outcomes and informs the next steps in the user testing plan.
Ensured all stakeholders are aligned on the final specifications for FRA report #1 and error report language, enabling a clear, consistent user experience and accurate error reporting.
COMPLETE
#3399 - Implement feature flag for controlled access to FRA Data Files page
Allowed data analyst users to access and interact with the FRA Data Files page via a feature flag, enabling controlled access and feedback before broader deployment while ensuring proper role-based access for OFA users.
COMPLETE
#3416 - [Tech Memo] Refactoring backend parsing logic for FRA report integration
Provided a scalable, maintainable framework for handling FRA reports while streamlining integration with existing TANF/SSP data processing.
Ensured a structured approach to evaluating usability and effectiveness, helping gather valuable insights from users to guide future improvements and align with project goals.
COMPLETE
#3426 - [Tech Memo] Improvements to RowSchema and Field classes for FRA
Enables more modular and maintainable code, ensuring seamless integration between TANF/SSP and FRA data types.
RAFT REVIEW
#3398 - Implement FRA report selection and upload interface
Enables users to select and upload new FRA report types for a given fiscal quarter, streamlining the data entry process and ensuring accurate reporting for the "Work Outcomes for TANF Exiters" section.
RAFT REVIEW
#3407 - Implement FRA submission history interface
Enhances the user experience by allowing users to easily view and track the history of their FRA report submissions, improving transparency and usability.
RAFT REVIEW
#3411 - [Design Deliverable] Finalize KC content for FRA Report #1
Ensures users have clear, accurate, and consistent guidance on submission workflows and error reporting, promoting smoother interactions with the platform.
IN PROGRESS & MOVED TO NEXT SPRINT
Application Health Monitoring
Task
Value Proposition
Status
#3244 - Integrate Prometheus with Mimir to enable data persistence on cloud.gov
Ensures the persistence of time series data on cloud.gov, addressing the issue of data loss due to regular restaging by enabling reliable storage and retrieval of metrics on S3.
IN PROGRESS & MOVED TO NEXT SPRINT
Operations & Maintenance
Note:#3431 was closed (but not completed), as we identified as part of QASP review that we'd like to address this ticket later in the future after internal discussions with DIGIT are conducted.
Task
Value Proposition
Status
#3386 - Update Citizenship/Immigration Status Acceptable Values (TANF only
Ensured that the system is updated to correctly handle the new "Non-qualified alien" status for Citizenship/Immigration, ensuring compliance with the updated TANF reporting instructions and accurate data processing.
Ensured that the release notes and knowledge center updates are properly drafted, tested, and communicated to STTs, providing them with clear and accessible information on the latest updates and changes.
COMPLETE
#2854 - Investigate solutions for handling encoding errors during file upload and parsing
Enhanced the system's ability to detect and handle encoding issues early in the file upload process, improving error messaging and ensuring smoother file processing for users.
Streamlines our infrastructure by removing unused Kibana and Elasticsearch services, reducing technical debt and simplifying system maintenance.
IN PROGRESS & MOVED TO NEXT SPRINT
OFA Regional Staff UI MVP
Task
Value Proposition
Status
#3427 - Gather requirements and feature prioritization for minimum viable regional staff user interface
Provides a solid foundation for the MVP by defining clear user stories and prioritizing essential features for regional staff, ensuring that the design and development align with their workflows and the specific needs of submission tracking and issue resolution.
QASP REVIEW
Regional Staff Access to TDP
Task
Value Proposition
Status
#3384 - Update the existing OFA access workflow to include regions
Enhances user access control by ensuring regional users can only interact with relevant data, improving security, communication, and transparency through region-specific permissions and email notifications.