Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-03-25

March 25, 2016

=Android=

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * Ping Brad Jorsch about clarity on login/account API changes [MICHAEL] DONE
 * Wait until we've spiked
 * Let's chat about how Kanban might change things if we used it instead of Scrum [MAX/STEPHEN] DONE
 * Make a phab task to investigate what was going on with wikitionary 404s [MICHAEL] DONE

Significant Events

 * Max and Dmitry talked with Joel about Q4 planning and epic estimation
 * New prod release.+
 * New permission doesn't seem to be too poorly received ;)
 * Very few crashes.
 * End of Q3. Tech lead rotation forthcoming!
 * 2% Content Service rollout!!!!+
 * A few sporadic volunteer contributions. We can never seem to hold on to volunteers very long.
 * Nicolas's Commons app
 * Phantom content service flapping (bad)
 * Started tracking beta releases as pointed cards
 * Experimenting with "Unplanned Sprint Work" tag

Loved

 * Seeing reading list UI patch in action+
 * TSG on top of stuff+
 * Laying out the feeds epics, and using rough estimation, made it really clear that scope for Q4 goals needed to be adjusted
 * Keeping docs up to date (specifically the Content Service deployment docs).

Learned

 * New magic incantation for purging MW cache+

Longed for

 * A resolution to T126753: Build a background service that implements a queue for saving pages to disk.
 * Redlink hiding in the service
 * Make sure to plan for front-end work in sprint
 * UI work. Small work.

Action Items

 * Check that we have a room for retro [MAX]
 * Add Unplanned Sprint Work tag to release template [STEPHEN]
 * Put an email together describing issues around difficulties of implementing database funcitonality iteratively. [STEPHEN/MAX/MICHAEL]
 * When you have a lot of interdependent work, how to do break that up and sprint-ize it.

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=IOS=

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * Investigate more regular touchpoint with Android (email) [MAX] DONE
 * Maybe one standup per week is combined
 * Also look into more mobile web syncs - android might be more plugged in, but its more the people who are making changes that we should sync with
 * Monte needs a repeating do-OTRS invite [MAX] DONE
 * Nzr needs his own repeating do-OTRS invite [MAX] DONE
 * Week of 21st, need to schedule brownbag [MAX/JOSH] DONE

Significant Events

 * We got a Rita
 * We released 5.0.1 Kiwi
 * We got rid of Nzr (Who?)
 * Corey and I went to Yosimite
 * Had a 5.0 review with the reading team
 * Finally got an Apple contact
 * We hit our targets?
 * Max taking on the Web Monster/reducing Apps scope
 * Nirzar taking on the Web Monster/reducing Apps scope
 * Interviews?

Worked Well

 * quick fixes w 5.0.1
 * 5.0.1 went off without a hitch
 * actionable next steps that came out of design research, easier
 * We're kicking ass on retention goals
 * Team has been working well, communicative, thoughtful
 * Mad OTRS feedback
 * And it got sorted!

Worked Poorly

 * remaining fixes still needed
 * TOTAL πWIK MELTDOWN!
 * Analytics infruhstructure and mis-alignment - no event data to look at :(
 * Slow dev progress (understanbly so)
 * deep debilitating depression about Brian leaving us, more medications and/or alcohols
 * related discombobulation of momentum/team dynamics
 * deep debilitating depression about Elena leaving us
 * Missed some bugs in 5.0.1
 * Concerned about late meetings for Rita
 * Xcode update broke some bits and stuff
 * Testflight doesn't want Rita

Questions

 * What do we want the new column (proposed) to solve?
 * We have punted on our design research on Modal
 * Piwik Hardware approval?

Action Items

 * Also look into more mobile web syncs - android might be more plugged in, but its more the people who are making changes that we should sync with [MAX TO PUT IN SM/PM/PROD AGENDA]
 * Get OTRS access for Sherah [SHERAH EMAILS ADAM]
 * Get OTRS access for Rita [RITA EMAILS ADAM]
 * Try to find users with Startup Issues using iTunes/Twiter/Google [Corey]
 * Monte to investigate OTRS feedback on startup bugs [MONTE]
 * Reschedule meetings for Rita (earlier) [MAX]
 * Accommodate Sherah's schedule, prioritize planning over estimation
 * Get Rita on TestFlight [JOSH]
 * Email thread: We have punted on our design research on Modal [MAX]
 * Email thread: Piwik Hardware approval? [MAX]