New Team member: Christa

Owned by Dave Alburger
Last updated: May 01, 2023 by Magdalene Schifferer (Unlicensed)
3 min read

 

 Hey, Christa!

 Welcome to Transport Canada’s Rail Safety team. We're glad you are joining us!

I've put together this onboarding plan to help you get up to speed in your new role as a summer student on the Rail Safety Integrated Gateway (RSIG) team. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions 🙂

  • Will, Dave and Maggie

 

 

 

 

 

Quick links

 Guiding thoughts

  • Take time to gain familiarity with the working environment. In your first 30 days, try to focus on getting comfortable and learning how things work.

  • Learn processes and get to know the team. By day 60, you'll be in task mode. In your first two months, spend time as much time as you can getting to know people and forming relationships.

  • Don't be afraid to ask. No one expects you to know how things at work right away. Take advantage of that and ask for help when you need it.

 

 Meet your team

Who

What they can help with

Who

What they can help with

Will Rivers

  • Payroll and benefits

  • Job description and expectations

  • General guidance

Dave Alburger

  • What should I do next?

  • Who should I reach out to?

  • Questions about agile and scrum

  • Vacation and sick time-off requests

  • Any questions at all!

Shu Zi Yang

  • Environment set-up

  • Coding or technical questions

Norm Vorwalder

  • Environment set-up

  • Coding or technical questions

Honglei Gu

  • Environment set-up

  • Coding or technical questions

  • Testing

George (Guofeng Lin)

  • Environment set-up

  • Coding or technical questions

Ewa Kantorska

  • Testing

  • Documentation

Xu Zhou

  • Environment set-up

  • Database

Entai Wang

  • Environment set-up

  • Coding or technical questions

 Your first week

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Pick up equipment from TC and get it set up. Take equipment home and get set up. Call if you need assistance.
Join daily scrum at 10 am, and get to know the team
Join daily scrum at 10 am
Join daily scrum at 10 am
Join daily scrum at 10 am
Click around and get familiar with MS Teams and Outlook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Team Charter

 Summer term 2023 milestones

 

Outcome

Steps

Outcome

Steps

Gain understanding of agile development principles

Gain understanding of scrum ceremonies

Documentation management

Ability to write a test case

Ability to write a unit test

Ability to write an automated test

 

 Helpful resources

 

  • Slack channels

  • Internal glossary

  • Asking for help