Wikimedia Apps/imported/Retrospective-July 17 2015

= Android = July 17, 2015

= Previous Retrospective Actions =
 * Action! Try a standup or scrum of scrums style meeting to improve coordination with mobile web and communication across Readership overall [Kristen] DONE-ish (2nd part) ONGOING (ADAM to email engineers to ask about meeting)
 * Action! Make an effort to call out cross-team considerations at tech lead sync up [ADAM]
 * Action! Ask Jon Katz to focus on the cross-coordination aspect of his role in order to improve alignment across web and apps (eg communicating and planning what features make sense on what platform, help w/lead images) [JK] DONE
 * Action! Try separate platform option for retro [MAX] DONE
 * Action! Clarify what devices/configurations are supported in Android/strategies for support, deprecation [Stephen] IN PROGRESS
 * Action! Get Elena better/more devices/OSes [DMITRY] DONE
 * Action! Kristen/Dmitry/Bernd to continue conversation and distill out to team. [KRISTEN/DMITRY/BERND]

= Previous Retrospective (iOS) Actions =
 * Action! Try some new manual QA methods? Try a "testing party" where we try to produce crashes that users are encountering [BG]
 * Action! Explore automated scenario & fuzz testing [BG/iOS]
 * Action! [ONGOING] Email thread is happening about the lack of CI. What is the priority? [ADAM]

= Worked Well =
 * Team discussions and contributions for java-mwapi library VCS, build system, and related topics
 * Happy to move to Central repo for our java-mwapi library. Less dependency on labs.
 * Velocity really picking up +
 * Got a lot of points done, at least to a QA signoff state +
 * Design Signoff is getting more rigrous :) and is improving quality
 * Material Design is starting to happen for real :):)
 * We are consistently top 10 in the reference category on play store
 * Link preview data looking great!
 * more data stories are being prioritized and we have some understanding of engagement
 * Michael and Dmitry retitle all my tickets and they write much better titles than me

= Worked Poorly =
 * Alpha builds not working+1+1
 * QA ++
 * Two days a week probably not sustainable
 * If alpha build are not working, need more screenshots on tickets for design signoff

= Confuses Us =
 * When does something go from alpha into beta (Design is unceratin about how long do we have to see something in alpha and make fixes) + +
 * Pitted olives (+ and - 1 simultaneously)
 * Results of event logging+

Top three items, from "Worked Poorly" and "Confuses Us":

 * Alpha builds not working, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104190
 * Action! Get on Yuvi's ass, press him to set up engine x [DMITRY]
 * QA
 * Clear delineation of what two days Elena QAs (2 days for Apps, not just Android)
 * Working closely with Elena when she QAs
 * Action! Talk with iOS about splitting QA resources [DMITRY]
 * When does something go from alpha into beta (Design is unceratin about how long do we have to see something in alpha and make fixes)
 * Action! Android team to discuss internally [ANDROID, then disseminate]

=Additional Actions=
 * Action! Try a standup or scrum of scrums style meeting to improve coordination with mobile web and communication across Readership overall [Kristen] DONE-ish (2nd part) ONGOING (ADAM to email engineers to ask about meeting)
 * Action! Clarify what devices/configurations are supported in Android/strategies for support, deprecation [Stephen] IN PROGRESS
 * Action! Get more android devices [ADAM]
 * Action! Kristen/Dmitry/Bernd to continue conversation and distill out to team. [MAX to follow up]