By default, the Slack sidebar sorts channels alphabetically.  In effort to keep things organized and useful, SMC has established a naming guide.

A channel should have a 2 or 3 letter prefix to assist with the sorting.  This is a working list, it is not comprehensive, add new prefixes as needed.

dev_	Development Related Channels
dsc_	Discussion Channels
eit_	European IT
hr_	Human Resource Department Related Channels
it_	IT Department Team Specific Channels
ops_	Infrastructure Related Channels
prj_	Project Related Channels
tst_	Test Channels

 

SMC Slack Channel Guide

https://usit.1smc.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014902008-Slack-Channel-GuideFormat

 

Slack Channel Guideline

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/217626408-Create-guidelines-for-channel-names