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This documentation is a record of the research, findings, and principles that determine cloud.gov's strategic direction and its continuing decision-making process. It is a regularly-evolving framework for collecting, surfacing, and giving project context to these critical artifacts.

For more information on the how we manage and structure the cloud.gov project, see the cg-product README.md.

Overview

What’s the purpose of this documentation?

• Why is this documentation here at all?
• How can we use this documentation to make good decisions?

Who we are

Users and needs

• What kind of people and institutions use cloud.gov?
• What do they expect from this service?

Design principles

• What concepts guide our building methods?
• What are our design priorities?
• How do these reflect our audience and core values?

Product roadmap and key features

• What features are necessary to meet our users' needs?

Interactive design

Pattern library

• What are the blocks and components from which we build our product?
• How do we implement these elements in our code?

Research