Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2015-12-18

= ANDROID = December 18, 2015

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * Send email about learnings from Proguard / Support lib / MapView [Dmitry] DRAFTED
 * Production-release-cadence digest of funny/positive Play Store feedback [Dmitry] DONE
 * "Stars from Midnight"
 * "The Midnight Copy"

Loved

 * We r featured
 * Best of 2015
 * Donations coming in
 * Got done with scheduled sprint work early +1
 * Got the crashes taken care of ASAP as planned+
 * More native views.+
 * Low crash numbers.+

Lacked

 * Max got tied up with TPG Strategy and iOS beta

Learned

 * RESTBase has a nice dashboard!

Longed for

 * ...a resource-leak-free app
 * Spoon tests.
 * Stable instrumentation tests.
 * More plain JUnit tests.
 * More CI automation (release builds, localization updates, ...)
 * PNG crushing working properly on my OS X laptops

= iOS = December 22, 2015

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * Design to rejigger design meeting to squeeze in estimation [MAX TO EMAIL] DONE
 * Email thread about subtasks vs. checklists vs. breaking up tasks [MAX TO EMAIL] PUNT

Worked Well

 * (continuing to work well) Phab tags (beta/prod/etc.)
 * Estimation/sync/regroup/rally meeting we had last week to triage to focus on beta
 * subtasks for RTL "epic"
 * We got to the lightning talks with an app!
 * Responsiveness!
 * nobody attacked us on mobile-l or Talk page (yet+)
 * DON'T JINX IT+1
 * this list of worked well items
 * bugs are going away

Worked Poorly

 * Beta Review & iTC shutdown—we might've missed the pre-xmas boat
 * Suggested action: setup a calendar event to notify us 1 & 2 months before so we can have our ducks in a row

Confuses Us

 * Now that the beta is out, what will our regular release cadence be?
 * Will we have alpha, beta, and production apps, a la Android?
 * If so, how will we get things from one app to the other?
 * ET: where I can check the stuff in QA column?

Action Items

 * Send out thread about subtasks vs. checklists vs. breaking up tasks [NIRZAR]
 * Figure out how to use release tags going forward [MAX/JOSH]
 * Setup a calendar event to notify us 1 & 2 months before so we can have our iTC ducks in a row [BRIAN]