Readers/Web/Team/Retrospectives/2015-03-03

Notable events

 * Jon returns
 * Gatherers move to Phab? (backlog is there at least)
 * Moushira starts
 * Developer backlog moves to Phab: WIP
 * WikiGrok kerfluffle
 * Maryana back
 * Wikimania proposals due
 * Jon eyeballs [notable?]
 * community were more crazy than crazy norm
 * note consensus on mobile anon editing may be forthcoming, let's discuss in Q4 planning

Absences:
 * Tomasz out 2/26-2/27
 * Rob out 02/18 & 02/23 (partial)

Velocity
WG Points carried over from previous iteration: 8 Points attempted: 24 Points completed: 19

Velocity chart: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqEdtQuSLdAxdGF0Unlob2MtRmZTeU4tODJXbk9rQ1E&usp=drive_web#gid=1

Collections Points carried over from previous iteration: 0 Points attempted: ? Points completed: ?

Velocity chart: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmVGg5M3afd8dE9URzhwenI1QlBCQjVqTGE2Sy1iX2c&usp=gmail#gid=0

Actions from last retrospective

 * Talk to Greg G about getting Gather on beta labs [MAX] DONE!
 * Get some better documentation up about how to install and configure Gather for testing and code review and email team [JOAQUIN] DONE!

Outstanding actions from previous retrospectives:


 * Write clarifying email to clarify expectations around OOJS UI and how it fits in with us (send him ideas) [Kaldari]
 * no movement, but Kaldari has been pushing on UI side; heard back from Prateek
 * Are there things missing from the documentation? Send examples of missing pieces to S. [Joaquin, Baha]
 * getting more urgent to figure out because some patches are geting rejected
 * Utimate question: are we going to use OOJS?
 * answering this would help us with the problem above: if we all agree that we're not going to use it yet, then fine. if it's coming, then we need a migration plan
 * Get OOJS song on Soundcloud [Joaquin]
 * Schedule a meeting for the team to talk to Damon about some of the challenges we are facing as we try to "move faster and stay current"; set agenda, get it scheduled! [Moiz/Kaldari]
 * Moiz has had continuous convos with Damon and Lila; hand wavey right now. Sense that this problem is so big that it's hard to tackle
 * What is the actual problem (right now)?
 * What is our "codified strategy" for rapid prototyping/experimenting [JK and Moiz task force!]
 * Table until we start planning our next small project?
 * Gather is a good example use case for the difficulties encountered in trying to move fast

What's been working well?

 * Rio+1
 * Face to face communication between interested parties (as opposed to playing telephone)
 * Wikigrok -> extension Smooooth

What hasn't worked well?

 * Setting up new extensions, getting Gather up and running
 * Loneliness :-(
 * Flow breaks hhvm/zend jenkins job all the time+++
 * Talk to Antoine? Erik B?
 * -2 warring / my morale wasn't it earlier?
 * Estimates some of the UI stuff [Wikigrok]
 * Non Gather/Wikigrok work coordination e.g. main menu redesigns+++
 * The wikigrok management clusterfuck "kerfulffle"
 * Didn't finish sprint properly (lots of pending work)

- MERGED 3 ITEMS:
 * Getting quick (time-sensitive) reviews/looking at +++++
 * code review lagging+
 * Long list of patches, no reviews. +++
 * Gerritt sux for code review, maybe Phab will help?
 * Phab is less spammy notification-wise
 * maybe tools aren't problem
 * context-switching is hard
 * lack of back end developers is problemaic here
 * be more explicit in standup about what needs review, get firmer commitment
 * note that we are doing better than before (megateam era)
 * Use metrics to drive reviewing [Jon]


 * community harrassment [BAU](whats BAU business as usual KTHXBYE)++++
 * Jon is talking to Anna today, let him know if there are concerns you want him to raise
 * Concern that it's not being prioritized
 * Report backon convo with Anna [Jon]


 * We're working in silos ++++
 * Trello contibutes to invisibility
 * Schedule meeting to discuss [KL]

What is confusing?

 * WikiGrok quality (responses)
 * OOJS
 * How to get Wikigrok working now
 * Php&Mw