Reading/Multimedia/Retrospectives/2018-09-13

2018-09-13

Previous Action Items


 * NONE

What in the team's process is going well?


 * We meet all the time! :D


 * Our schedule is lined up nearly perfectly to meet deadlines, with (a little) wiggle room for interrupts


 * Work is getting done and we seem even better at multitasking and switching from one thing to another even though they may be unrelated
 * Front-loading as much as possible and identifying roadblocks
 * Tolerance for Ramsey's presentations at a moment's notice
 * We are starting to document things more, helping with handoffs and sharing knowledge


 * Cat facts
 * Improve: Repeat cat facts???


 * We talk to each other :)
 * Some folks outside the team were disorganizedly concerned, and we managed to talk to each other about what to do, actionize, etc
 * We can talk frankly about stuff
 * Me changing time zones has helped me have convos with Cormac & Matthias more easily/frequently


 * Teamwork (really appreciated meeting with Ramsey & Amanda to chunk out Depicts)

What in the team's process could be improved?


 * Test coverage
 * Hope to talk about this in Jan as we release more substantial changes
 * And if so we should add it to the roadmap
 * +1!


 * Need more time for Game of Thrones


 * Stakeholder review meeting
 * How did we get there? [Can't control people's attention, or lack thereof]
 * Encourage people to come to us when they have a question
 * Might have to deal with this sort of thing sometimes
 * Was it useful, and should we do it more regularly?
 * Was useful to have a guiding presentation from Ramsey, plus Q&A as a group


 * Design documentation on Phab... been noodling on it for a while & have been consulting a few folks, but want to do more documentation once I have a better idea of what & how for the spec/design workboard (chunking out Depicts will help this along a ton)

What in the team's process is confusing?


 * Amanda popping into standups and such inconsistently?


 * "Restore revisions" spec has been vague - slow to get into


 * How is Google Meet working for folks?
 * A few teams are exploring non-Google alternatives because they miss Hangouts
 * What are these alternatives?
 * [Mark] I find it sufficient, even if some of the keyboard shortcuts are a little more tedious (in Hangouts, tab+space would join a meeting, in Meet you really need to use the mouse unless you want to tab for 2 minutes or so)
 * meh to Meet


 * One "real" retro since June 21
 * Are they necessary?
 * Are we missing something from them?
 * Maybe a chance to reflect on what retros are for, and affirm that we are getting that value otherwise

Parking Lot



Action Items


 * Pam and Max to talk Phab and tracking design documentation


 * Amanda to come to retros, caelndar-RSVP hygiene