Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-11-04

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November 4, 2016

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Previous Retrospective Actions

 * get firm answer on W0 notifications (dmitry) DONE
 * share data on feed/overhaul engagement (dmitry) DONE
 * Michael to do next beta release (michael) DONE

Velocity Update

 * 42.5 commitment vs 38.5 completion
 * Added 5 points total over the course of the sprint

Significant Events

 * First description(s) edited from app
 * Kind of a heads down sprint. I don't think we had a lot of big events as would be reported in major newspapers.
 * Cubs took a vacation

Lacked

 * Clarity on scheduling for Rita
 * Schedule update:
 * Move grooming meeting to a different timeslot (not before MCS deployments, please, bundle with another meeting, like right after standup)

Learned

 * A better pattern for data clients and how to write unit tests for them+

Loved

 * Rita has joined+++
 * The trending edits endpoint seems to be coming along at a good pace
 * velocity
 * DB stepping up the PO game with email updates and general coordination
 * No MCS emergencies
 * No app emergencies
 * Lots of good tests
 * Refactoring of a significant portion of legacy networking code
 * general focus on quality
 * Lot of tech debt got done even if it isn't super well tracked

Longed For

 * a bit more community feedback on Wikidata descriptions

Questions

 * question from prioritization meeting: just agile curious, when is the sprint cutoff point for descoping without penalty?
 * MB: Are we getting anything out of Combined Apps Standup?

Action Items

 * [MICHAEL, STEPHEN] Get password for true crypt volume
 * [MAX] Reschedule grooming (around other rescheduling)
 * [MICHAEL] Make a spike ticket to explore the retrofit-mock module's networking error mocking capabilities and add more error cases to unit tests
 * [MAX] Reach out to Josh about shifting from traditional Scrum to a release-board or kanban-esque model

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