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+#New Epic Checklist Template
+
+# Feature Request
+
+## Why
+
+*insert the purpose of the Epic or sub-epic here*
+
+## Proposed Solution
+
+*insert proposed solution, with relevant links here*
+
+## Definition of Done Checklist
+
+**Package:**
+- [ ] Do you have a 'main' branch that is default and protected?
+- [ ] Are all other branches merged or deleted?  For master and dev branches, tag the branch commit before deleting the branch 
+    so we can retrieve it if necessary.  Exception: branches labeled release
+- [ ] Does the repo contain only the following directories: chart, docs, tests?  All other directories should be deleted.
+- [ ] Is there a CODEOWNERS file containing some code owners?
+- [ ] Is there a CHANGELOG.md file with initial changes?
+- [ ] Is there a README.md file documenting basic use?
+- [ ] Is there a CONTRIBUTING.md file outlining how a new person can contribute?
+- [ ] Is there a .gitlab-ci.yml pipeline setup pointing to a pipeline template?
+- [ ] Is there a tests/test-values.yaml file setup to provide default values for the pipeline?  This must include image pull 
+      secret references.
+- [ ] Is there a chart/Kptfile that points to the upstream chart used in the repo? Exception: Not needed if upstream chart is 
+      not used.
+- [ ] Does the upstream chart version deploy the application version used in Iron Bank (or as close as possible)? This will 
+      help avoid incompatible configuration settings. 
+- [ ] Have you run helm dep up and added all .tgz file depedencies in chart/charts to the repo?
+- [ ] Have you updated chart/requirements.yaml or chart/Chart.yaml to point to the file://./charts/<file>.tgz dependencies?
+- [ ] If the chart has a web interface, have you added a VirtualService using hostname that is conditionally added if 
+      istio.enabled is true?  Verify this works using the web address.
+- [ ] If the chart integrates with Prometheus monitoring, have you added a Service and ServiceMonitor that are conditionally 
+      added if monitoring.enabled is true? Verify this using Prometheus to check targets.
+- [ ] Does your package have resource requests and limits set and equal to each other?
+- [ ] Do you have a tag on your main branch for the Big Bang release version of the package?
+- [ ] Have all of your images been updated to pull from registry1.dso.mil.  Exception: If there is no Iron Bank image, are you 
+      pulling from registry.dso.mil?
+- [ ] If the package supports SSO, have you integrated SSO settings? Needs clarification
+- [ ] If the package requires a database, have you integrated external database settings? Needs clarification
+- [ ] If the package requires storage, have you ingegrated external storage (e.g. MinIO) settings?  Needs clarification
+- [ ] Are all secrets and certificates removed from the repo?  All secrets should be references or randomly generated during 
+      deployment.
+
+**Big Bang:**
+- [ ] Have you added a namespace.yaml in chart/templates that sets up the package's namespace
+- [ ] Have you added pull secret creation to a resource?  This may be in the namespace.yaml file.
+- [ ] Have you added a gitrepository.yaml in chart/templates that sets up a flux GitRepository resource pointing to the 
+      package's git repository?
+- [ ] Have you added a helmrelease.yaml in chart/templates that sets up a flux HelmRelease resource pointing to the package's 
+      helm chart?
+- [ ] Have you added default values to the HelmRelease that need to be passed downstream to the package?  For example: 
+      hostname, istio.enabled, monitoring.enabled.
+- [ ] Have you added image pull secret references to the HelmRelease to be passed downstream to the package?
+- [ ] Have you added other package dependencies to the HelmRelease to insure deployment order?
+- [ ] Have you added a key for <package>.yaml into chart/templates/values.yaml so override values can be passed downstream to 
+      the package? 
+- [ ] Have you added a valuesFrom configuration in the HelmRelease pointing to the values secret with a valuesKey equal to 
+      <package>.yaml?
+- [ ] Have you added the package into chart/values.yaml under addons? Exception: core apps do not go under addons.
+- [ ] Have you added enabled: false to your chart/values.yaml and conditional statements on enabled: true for your namespace, 
+      pull secret, git repository, and helm release?
+- [ ] Have you added git repo configuration to chart/values.yaml pointing to the packages git repo, helm chart path, and tag.
+- [ ] Have you added a values: {} placeholder for you package in chart/values.yaml?
+- [ ] Have you added any applicable default values from Fences and Party Bus to the package?  Exception: Infrastructure 
+      specific implementations (e.g. AWS)
+- [ ] Have you verified that
+
+Additional details on definition of done need to be added for:
+
+- Database integration
+- Storage (minio) ingegration
+- Certificates?
+- SSO integration
+
+**Testing:**
+- [ ] Have you verified the CI/CD pipeline passes?
+- [ ] Have you verified the application is available via web URL (if applicable)?
+- [ ] Have you verified you can login via SSO with your Platform One account (if applicable)?
+- [ ] Have you verified you Prometheus is scraping data from monitoring endpoints on the application (if applicable)?
+- [ ] Have you verified the application has database connectivity to the external database (if applicable)?
+- [ ] Have you verified the application has storage connectivity to the external storage (if applicable)?
+
+## Future Work (as separate issues)
+
+- [ ] SSO is integrated as BigBang values