Introduction

Preparing for the business intake process is an important step in ensuring a successful project. As part of this process, we will be gathering information about the technical resources and requirements for your project. While this checklist provides a starting point, we will be gathering more detailed information throughout the intake submission process. It's important to note that this checklist is not a document we will be using for the project documents, and we will not be tracking the details or requiring it to be filled out. Instead, it is meant to guide your thinking and ensure that we have a clear understanding of the technical requirements for your project.

Technical Intake Checklist

Please use this checklist to assess your readiness for onboarding to the Public Health Data Center of Practice (PDCP).

General Information

• What type of service do you think you are going to need? (Technologies, expertise, marketplace items, etc.)
• Do you have experience and expertise with the tools and services, such as CI/CD, DevOps, IaC, and containers?
  • Do you have any experience in the cloud? If so, how much?
• What technical resources do you have for the build and assessment?
  • Such as technical architect, security architect, developer with skillset to do the work
  • Do you have technical support with skillset to troubleshoot issues?
  • What technical resource would you need from PDCP?

Milestones and Resource Allocation

• Do you have a plan of what you are trying to do?
• Can you identify key milestones to track progress? (For reporting purposes)
• Do you have funds to do the work? Financial information such as cost center and commitment number
• Do you have a timeline for the initiation and completion of this work?
• What is the intended lifecycle of your application? (Ad-hoc or 3 months, 6 months, 12+ months)
• Do you have an exit strategy?
  • Once the proof-of-concept is successful, do you have an environment where you can run it permanently? (PDCP's own environment or other)
  • What is your plan for Production? Do you have a path to Production?

Data and Security

• What is the sensitivity of the data and access required?
  • Who is the intended audience for your solution? (Identity and authentication)
  • Do you know the classification of our data? Is it Protected B or Lower? (Protected B. Applies to information or assets that, if compromised, could cause serious injury to an individual, organization, or government)
  • Can you mask the data for experimentation?
  • Do you know the size of your data? Ingress and Egress?
  • What size of data do you expect in the environment? Data frequencies: Gigabytes, Terabytes, Petabytes
  • Do you have an Authority to Operate (ATO)?