With an understanding of who NOAA is as an organization, I was able to begin my onboarding process. Christina was a great help this week by gathering the tools we needed to set-up before week one. She also provided useful resources for Insight as to what team we were on, where our team fit In with the organization as a whole, and what our vision Is.

Tool Guide

The tools we will be utilizing for team communications are GitHub, Jira, Confluence, and Slack. GitHub Is used to share, collaborate and edit code within a team efficiently. We were given access to the Unified Forecast System (UFS) team under the UW developers position(uw-devs), which gives permission to edit the ufs-community repository. Jira supports a project management style of team communications, allowing them to plan, track, and manage tasks within a project. Confluence assists In sharing key Information within a team serving as a documentation tool that also allows use of Team Calendars. Lastly, Slack provides a messaging app that connects team members together. The set-up for these various tools was relatively easy, although I had already worked with GitHub and Slack In the past, making navigating the tools simpler.

Where do we fit In?

As part of the Unified Workflow Team, we belong to the NOAA Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) Program. The EPIC team's objective Is to Improve weather forecasting systems. Christina also provided some perspective on each team members affiliations within the company.