Time Tracking & Jira
Time must be logged in Harvest at this frequency.
What is daily?
This best practice ensures that API keys, passwords, and sensitive credentials are not hardcoded in the repository.
What is using environment variables?
This HTML element appears in search engine results as a short page summary and helps improve click-through rates.
What is a meta description?
This is the tool used for test case management at Inventive.
What is Qase?
This AI-powered tool is permitted at Inventive to assist with writing comments for documentation.
What is ChatGPT?
Time for tickets must be tracked here.
What is Jira?
This version control best practice helps keep a clean, organized development history by ensuring code is reviewed before merging.
What is using pull requests?
This optional company event takes place periodically on Fridays, featuring activities like bingo and "Name That Tune."
What is Fun Fridays?
This testing method involves simulating users with disabilities to ensure websites are accessible.
What is accessibility testing?
Before merging code, this process must be completed.
What is a code review?
If your time estimate for a task is wrong, you must notify these two people.
Who are the Delivery Manager and Product Manager?
This naming convention is used for JavaScript and Java variables and functions.
What is camelCase?
This must be documented in JIRA if discussed in Slack.
What is decisions or clarification?
This type of testing ensures that a website functions properly across different devices and screen sizes.
What is responsive testing?
This type of development approach ensures that code is thoroughly tested before deployment by requiring unit tests and maintaining at least 80% test coverage.
What is Test-Driven Development (TDD)?
This is the minimum time increment for task estimates.
What is 1 hour?
This naming convention is used for constants across all programming languages.
What is UPPER_SNAKE_CASE?
For major updates or critical topics, this is the preferred method of communication.
What is email?
If a bug is found, it should be logged separately from a user story, but they must be this.
What is linked?
If a critical production issue occurs, this is the first step.
What is notify the Delivery Manager and Engineering Manager immediately?
Before taking planned time off, you must do these 3 things.
What are notify your manager and DM, fill out the OOO form, and update your calendar?
This type of commenting practice explains the purpose of the code rather than describing what each line does.
What is "why, not what"?
These are Inventive's 5 core values.
What are Candor, Autonomy, Relationships, Enthusiasm, and Integrity?
This tool is used by Inventive to test responsiveness on both browsers and devices.
What is LambdaTest?
This accessibility feature provides a text alternative for images, allowing screen readers to describe visual content.
What is alt text?