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# Learning Objectives
Today we are going to learn the following topics:

- How developers can use feature flags to decouple deployments from releases.
- How product teams can employ testing in production and experience improved feedback loops.
- How team members can leverage GitOps to seamlessly synchronize states of feature flags and have an improved audit trail stored in their SCM.

# Workshop Structure

This workshop is broken into the sections list below.  Estimated time for completing the workshop is 1.5-2 hours.

- **Prerequisites** ***(5 minutes)*** Internet access, Knowledge of GitHub and how to edit files, and Google Chrome Browser.
- **Setup** ***(15 minutes)*** Signup for GitHub and CloudBees Feature Management and connect to the GitHub App.
- **Creating Flags** ***(15 minutes)*** Connecting code to CloudBees Feature Management dashboard
- **Gating Code** ***(10 minutes)*** Define a new flag and set its default value in the code.
- **Flag Configuration** ***(15 minutes)*** Define a flag configuration in the dashboard that can dynamically control the value of the flag set in the code.
- **User Targeting** ***(10 minutes)*** Target a specific set of users who can interact with the flag gated component through a defined set of user attributes.
- **GitOps** ***(5 minutes)*** Set up a bi-directional GitOps process whereby flag configurations can be edited and stored through source control.