Readers/Web/Team/Retrospectives/2015-08-18

= Notable Events =
 * JK came back
 * Strategy kickoff
 * KL muscles blew up
 * Rob still has baby
 * JK gets moustache
 * Jeff is attending Reading web meetings is Jeff back? it's a process

= Absences =
 * KL Out 08/10-08/17
 * Sam PT

= Previous retro actions = Action! Circle back to team direction discussion post-strategy kickoff at next retro to see how we are feeling then [TEAM] DONE

Action! Email Rachel and Quim re: ECT help with Reading Web team offsite (Phab doesn't seem to be working-privacy settings?) [KL] DONE

Action! Meet to figure out next offsite steps, try to get travel sorted within next ten days [JO/KL] ONGOING



Action! Lock down location, $s, and finalize travel [KL]

Action! Review Reading Web Planning board before estimation to see what's coming up and weigh in [TEAM] DONE

Action! Move MFE tasks/bugs to MFE project; create queries for high priority bugs/triage [JOH] ALMOST DONE

= Velocity = 8 points (previously ~20) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WhuTM1UBAVwFYJf6C6Rrd_INYlzKTa1oCSQnpvpougg/edit#gid=2

Notes on velocity:
 * starting new extensions is hard; Jon pushing for more responsible (?) development
 * There were many dependent tasks; slowed down movement of stuff

---

= Worked Well =
 * Sign off notes from Joaquin
 * Upstreaming!
 * Bartosz upstreaming our ForeignApi code
 * mw.storage
 * experiments (in progress)
 * Killing code
 * login code
 * alpha code
 * Pairing is Caring
 * Integrate more with the org when doing QuickSurveys
 * Meeting with Bryan about ex-Mobile team why's [send to mailing list! :)] (yep, pending to do)

=Worked Not Well =
 * Joaquin's internet :P
 * Paring is Caring - start time and attendance and possibly a day after kick off is problematic? +++
 * Would like to have 1 on 1 sessions scheduled at random-but-agreed-on times
 * Still have lots of code debt - namely banner image/header (killing this sprint) and Gather (?) - bugs occurring there since not actively working on it right now - concerning
 * Things are very quiet in meetings / in IRC channel during day time   +
 * No visible site improvements (but I guess this is accepted/understood?)+
 * Office move
 * Phabricator (dragging, typeaheads, ...)
 * Nemo and MZMcBride's aggressiveness and phab wrangling (reviving old tasks while reorganizing) (and nemo's response on mobile-l about wikidata descriptions)

= Confuses =
 * what metric can we use to measure success of reading web +++++
 * What is #mobilefrontend-feature-requests for? Can we merge with #mobilefrontend [YES]
 * Prototyping and experiment, how will we do it++++

= Top three items =

Action! Document how each feature ties in to our goals? What is the theory of impact for a given scope of work? [Product, techpros]
 * what metric can we use to measure success of reading web +++++
 * JK: until we have an aspiration, it’s hard to know what to measure against
 * JK working with analytic on session and user level stuff
 * JDLR feeling disconnected from mission because I don’t know how to engage...what are we using quick survey work for?
 * AB: surveys will be used for data-driven approach to design changes, informing stra
 * JK: We should distinguish between feature-level goals and metrics (survey = info about users) V. top-level (reading = learning, with engagement as a proxy for now)

Action! Documentation for experimental work, including results, rationale [Product, techpros]
 * Prototyping and experiment, how will we do it++++
 * Need to get prototyping team thinking one quarter ahead
 * Paring is Caring - start time and attendance and possibly a day after kick off is problematic? +++
 * Would like to have 1 on 1 sessions scheduled at random-but-agreed-on times
 * Action! Set up a pairing session with another team member you haven’t paired with [TEAM]
 * Don’t forget to plan what you want to work on!!!
 * Action! Create a “pair-worthy” tag in Phab [SS]