# CS-31: First-week employee onboarding

Category: Work & enterprise tools
Level: Beginner
Suggested duration: 2–3 weeks

Original UXCharan practice scenario. Validate assumptions; do not present it as a commissioned client project.

## Problem
A fictional company sends a long welcome document with tasks for several teams. Explore how a new joiner can understand dependencies, locate help and see what is relevant to their role.

## People to learn from
New employees and their onboarding coordinators

## Core scope
- Review tasks
- request access
- identify a blocker

## Research questions
- Which tasks depend on another team?
- Where do newcomers seek help?

## Edge cases
- Access denied
- manager unavailable

## Specific artefact
A dependency map and onboarding task list

## Evaluation question
Can users find the next actionable task and its owner?

## Work to share
Problem and role; anonymised evidence; alternatives and rationale; task flow; prototype; accessibility considerations; testing findings; revisions and honest limitations.

## Request feedback
Share a viewable Figma, document or portfolio link with Saicharan on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/917093809350
Include CS-31, your name, project stage and your main feedback question. Confirm review scope, timing and any fee directly.

## Methods
- Research planning: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research/plan-user-research-for-your-service
- Research consent: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research/getting-users-consent-for-research
- Design exploration: https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/resources/the-double-diamond/
- Usability testing: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/
- Accessible forms: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/
- Portfolio storytelling: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-design-portfolios/