Objective
Help Mattermost users monitor, organizations coordinate , and measure iterate their incident response process pipeline so that it can be more transparent, efficient , and impactful.effective. Focusing specifically on the following areas in order:
Information security
Site reliability
Build pipeline
Urgent support
User stories
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v0.1.0 Start/view/end incidents | As a user, I can view a list of active incidents in the RHS so that I get an overview of what’s currently happening. As a user, I can select an active incident in the RHS to view its detail so that it’s accessible from anywhere. As a user, I can see and click on the channel associated to an incident in the RHS so that I can quickly navigate to it. As a user, I can view the commander of all incidents in the RHS without opening it so that I know who’s the point person.
| As a user, I can start an incident with a slash command, RHS, or post action so that response can start quickly. As the user that starts an incident, I default as the commander so that ownership is clear. As the Incident plugin, a new channel is automatically created when an incident starts so that there is a place to log activities. As a user, I can choose the name of the new channel so that it’s easily recognized
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v0.2.0Checklist template | | As a user, I can configure the incident playbook with a checklist so that I save time setting up each future incidents. As a member of the incident channel, I can check off items for an incident in the RHS so that it accurate represents the team’s progress.
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v0.3.0 Add/remove checklist items & change commander | As a member of the incident channel, I can add items to the end of the incident checklist in the RHS so that the team can adapt to the situation. As a member of the incident channel, I can remove items from the incident checklist in the RHS so that the team can adapt to the situation.
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v0.4.0 Basic reporting | As a user, I can see a list of all past and current incidents so that I have a complete record to refer to. As a user, I can see the detail of any past incident so that I can use it for post-mortem.
| | As a user, I can see a summary of the following on incident detail page so that I can get the gist at a glance: Channel name, start time, duration, last-known commander, total number of messages
As a user, I can see the following actions ordered chronologically so that I can visualize the timeline of the incident: As a user, I can see the total number of incidents so that I can decide how much to invest in proactive prevention. As a user, I can see the total duration of all incidents so that I can decide how much to invest in proactive prevention. As a user, I can see in the range and medium duration for all incidents so that I can decide how much to invest in reactive response.
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v0.5.0 Detailed playbooks | | | |
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v0.6.0 Multiple playbooks | | | |
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v0.7.0 Granular checklist | | | |
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