Done/Doing — Dec 9-Dec 13

Done/Doing is a recap of what Team Alpha has done this week and what we have in our sprint plan for the week ahead. This post is the first in what will be a weekly series delivered every Friday.

Done

• Delivered the first iteration of the Alpha at Alpha.CA.gov
• Pushed site live on state’s Azure infrastructure
• Created a user survey
• Identified initial set of user needs including: finding vital records, applying for Unemployment Insurance, Paid Family Leave, and Disability Insurance (more to come on user needs in our blog and on social next week)
• Delivered first user story on minimum wage, including functional prototypes and content mockups
• Established design principles
• Developed starter web design system
• Picked a default font

Doing

• Finalizing product framework
• Continuing discovery and research on initial user needs
• Creating additional content types prototypes
• Adding new widgets to design pattern library
• Starting qualitative research around user needs