Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-08-25

- =iOS= August 25, 2016

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * [MAX] Make phab cards for action items (column on backlog?) DONE
 * [MAX] Schedule followup meeting to discuss Nicholas' regression script DONE
 * [MONTE/JOSH/COREY] Give a regression test example to TSG ahead of above meeting w/TSG
 * [JOSH/MAX] Explore how to identify cards that are for the coming beta, specifically the release candidate (tags? meeting agenda?) DONE
 * [JOSH/MAX] Talk 1:1 about how to handle OTRS, App Store Reviews, and Social Media. Chore wheel? DONE
 * Also, highlight the debt incurred by assigning devs etc
 * [MAX] Find a home for retro on calendar DONE
 * [JOSH] Look into OTRS filters/queueing to Make OTRS Great Again
 * Ping Keegan (subject lines for subqueues?)

What's going well?

 * Stars oh god the stars
 * 5.1 Beta / Development
 * Got Nearby card into 5.1 at the 11th hour - go team
 * Featured!
 * Making good progress with Services - have 2 new APIs in the queue for us over the next couple months+1

What's not going well?

 * Developing in a black hole for long periods of time - Corey misses the sun☀️
 * Apple is not helpful🍏☠️
 * New More like service - political vs practical💯👍
 * Web more like changes - what is expected🌍💯👍🐢

Questions

 * We've considered options for looking at coming beta. There's added overhead. Is this something we really need?
 * Can we review why we need to know what is going to be in the next beta?
 * Column for [Action Item] Phab tasks (need a place to triage)?
 * Tag would be weirdly redundant

Action Items
[MAX] Get together with Monte and Josh to figure out next steps for wiki-fying regression, untie knots around multiple documentations
 * [JOSH] Look into OTRS filters/queueing to Make OTRS Great Again
 * Ping Keegan (subject lines for subqueues?)
 * [COREY] Reach out to JK about Web more like changes - what is expected? Get shared understanding so that we can iterate.