Contributors/2016-04-27-Retro-Planning

James, Joel, Trevor

Goals
Determine what kind of Retro activities should the Editing department be doing.
 * Should we make changes in how we execute
 * should we make process changes
 * Use Phabricator reports and other evidence to evaluate and make decisions
 * Assess other experiments (which?)
 * Address morale and staffing changes
 * Assess people planning

Context of Planning Exercises
Thinking about the possible planning meeting Editing department has in several dimensions:
 * Forwards (planning) vs Backwards (evaluation)
 * Internal to teams vs External (between team and others)
 * Existing processes vs processes worth considering
 * time scale: monthly, quarterly, annual, 5+ year

Forwards/Internal

 * Quarterly: Jamboree (Editing Department)
 * Annual/beyond: team on-sites w/ad-hoc agendas. Nothing in Editing department

Forwards/External

 * Quarterly Goals process
 * Annual Planning process
 * Strategy processes

Backwards/Internal

 * Monthy, per-sprint, or other team retros (some teams)
 * No quarterly retro process in Editing department
 * No annual retro process

Backwards/External
We should try and get all these on a timeline to clarify the overlaps and cycles.
 * Quarterly reviews with posted slides

What do we want to do differently

 * 1) Do an FY2016 annual retrospective for Editing Department in early July 2016
 * 2) Do an FY2016Q1 quarterly retro in early Oct 2016
 * 3) Evaluate the retros and decide if we should do more

What kind of retro do we want to do?
Some options ...

Next Steps

 * Joel writes up notes
 * Trevor: set dates
 * Joel: lead getting the agenda set