Workflow: Onboarding New Members

Accelerate productivity for new data engineers and analysts with comprehensive documentation + structured onboarding.

Step 1: Prepare Package

Before the start date, ensure the following are generated:

Data Dictionary
Exec Summary
Business Insights
ER Diagrams

Step 2: Onboarding Checklist

TimelineTasks
Day 1Read Executive Summary, Review Business Domains, Understand Architecture
Day 2-3Review Critical Tables (Customers, Orders), Understand PII Locations
Day 4-5Explore EDA Quality Metrics, Review KPIs, Hands-on Querying

Step 3: 1-Hour Session Structure

1. Overview (15m)

Walk through the executive summary, business domains, and high-level ER diagrams.

2. Deep Dive (20m)

Focus on 5-10 critical tables. Explain business purpose and relationships.

3. Quality (10m)

Review EDA findings, known issues, and workarounds.

4. Hands-On (15m)

New hire writes simple queries using the documentation while you supervise.

Step 4: Self-Service Resources

  • 1Portal: Searchable HTML docs
  • 2Reference: Excel for notes, PDF for offline
  • 3Support: Slack channel, Wiki FAQ

Step 5: Follow-Up Schedule

Week 1

Check-in on confusion areas.

Week 2

verify querying comfort.

Month 1

Suggest doc improvements.