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Kubernetes Agent user stories (PREMIUM SELF)

The personas in action for the Kubernetes Agent are:

Devon, the DevOps engineer is intentionally excluded here, as DevOps is more of a role than a persona.

There are various workflows to support, so some user stories might seem to contradict each other. They don't.

Software Developer user stories

As a Software Developer, I want to push my code, and move to the next development task, to work on business applications.
As a Software Developer, I want to set necessary dependencies and resource requirements together with my application code, so my code runs fine after deployment.

As an Application Operator, I want to standardize the deployments used by my teams, so I can support all teams with minimal effort.
As an Application Operator, I want to have a single place to define all the deployments, so I can assure security fixes are applied everywhere.
As an Application Operator, I want to offer a set of predefined templates to Software Developers, so they can get started quickly and can deploy to production without my intervention, and I am not a bottleneck.
As an Application Operator, I want to know exactly what changes are being deployed, so I can fulfill my SLAs.
As an Application Operator, I want deep insights into what versions of my applications are running and want to be able to debug them, so I can fix operational issues.
As an Application Operator, I want application code to be automatically deployed to staging environments when new versions are available.
As an Application Operator, I want to follow my preferred deployment strategy, so I can move code into production in a reliable way.
As an Application Operator, I want review all code before it's deployed into production, so I can fulfill my SLAs.
As an Application Operator, I want to be notified before deployment when new code needs my attention, so I can review it swiftly.

As a Platform Engineer, I want to restrict customizations to preselected values for Operators, so I can fulfill my SLAs.
As a Platform Engineer, I want to allow some level of customization to Operators, so I don't become a bottleneck.
As a Platform Engineer, I want to define all deployments in a single place, so I can assure security fixes are applied everywhere.
As a Platform Engineer, I want to define the infrastructure by code, so my infrastructure management is testable, reproducible, traceable, and scalable.
As a Platform Engineer, I want to define various policies that applications must follow, so that I can fulfill my SLAs.
As a Platform Engineer, I want approved tooling for log management and persistent storage, so I can scale, secure, and manage them as needed.
As a Platform Engineer, I want to be alerted when my infrastructure differs from its definition, so I can make sure that everything is configured as expected.