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A protocol for how we add a new feature to the Vets.gov platform
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New Feature Protocol

  • Check the decisions folder for a document for this feature
    • no decision document found
      • Check out other API teams codebase and see if the feature has been implemented
      • Feature is implemented
        • Yes
          • Does this implementation work for the new feature requirement?
          • Yes
            • Write up a decision document to describe the implementation and submit with the details including linking to the design document.
            • implement feature in your repo
          • No
            • Do discovery for your needs and the needs of the existing implementation
            • write up the decision document and reach out for feedback to all teams
            • once final signoff
              • create ticket(s) in the other team's repos to bring their implementation to meet the decision document's implementation
              • do your implementation of the feature
        • No
          • Do discovery
          • implement
          • write a design document
    • decision document found
      • Does this implementation work for the new feature requirement?
        • Yes
          • implement
        • No
          • Do discovery for your needs and the needs of the existing implementation
          • submit an amendment to the existing decision document
          • once final signoff - create ticket(s) in the other team's repos to bring their implementation to meet the decision document's implementation - do your implementation of the feature
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