Wikimedia Apps/imported/Retrospective-August 21 2014

= Worked Well =
 * Wikimania!
 * good to have direct contact with users, concrete feedback led to implementation of useful features
 * reminder that we have a huge community
 * Unstructured time provided really good opportunity to get to the bottom of some tricky bugs - also surfaced some semi-glaring omissions ahem gzip cough
 * ^ good breathing room to learn/implement a lot of backend/CI stuff
 * ACTION!: Do we want to do this more frequently during the quarter? [Kristen]
 * Developers being suuuuuper responsive

= Worked Poorly =
 * Not being at Wikimania :( +1+1
 * Limn is painful +1000 (+1000000) +++++
 * analytics is working on a db that will replace limn (may take a few quarters, per Moiz)
 * Sprint themes and velocity +1+
 * eg title of Sprint 38 is "a lie"
 * hard to find common theme between iOS and Android work when teams are not in sync with features and velcoity is different
 * team thinks this is not a problem, sharing code is a boon
 * Sprint themes without sharing vision +1
 * eg what are 4-5 themes to focus on to get editing #s up?
 * need more prep for sprints with such important themes
 * Howie wants Dan and Maryana to figure out time allocation for readers v. editors
 * vision should be shared
 * Dan's time allocation to apps+1+1
 * SUL stuff has been eating Dan's time
 * *should* have time to participate in the usual PO responsibilites...actually shoudl be able to be ahead of things
 * SUL off Dan's plate after this quarter
 * No idea of downloads / General Instrumentation
 * iOS download numbers
 * ACTION!: give Vibha & Moiz login access [Tomasz] Waiting on Design iTunes account [Vibha]
 * ACTION!: give Vibha & Moiz access to data about user actions [Dan]
 * ACTION!: monthly data review meeting [Dan/Vibha]
 * outcome should be deciding on basic 5-6 metrics that are consistent on an ongoing basis+1
 * Reaching Users
 * reddit to recruit testers?
 * test scripts/what do we want testers to test?
 * Insufficient testflight users +1 +1 +1  +1+1
 * ACTION!: blog post and social media [Monte/Vibha/Moiz]
 * ACTION!: paid testing services [Tomasz]
 * Tech Debt Sprint based on reviews and crash reports +1 +1+1+1
 * ACTION!: this ties in to unstructured sprint idea above...make it so [Dan/Kristen]
 * one sprint per quarter: unstructured/tech debt then crash reports
 * Note: don't need to wait until a specific sprint to tackle tech debt
 * Trusting each other in the roles we have
 * balancing speed with involvement
 * cards for everything!

= Confuses Us =


 * Understanding Dev challenges for specific stories
 * Satisfactory Story breakdown so developers feel like they are ready to go
 * Ideas vs execution
 * analytics commitments to dashboards / sesion / page view data
 * analytics team in general

= Previous =


 * Commitment to Page Styling vs increasing active editors +1+1+1+1++1 [DAN] with help Vibha & engineers
 * Unclear what schedule translation updates are happening at, and we only have yuvi with direct access in the system. Do we need more folks with access, or just a clearer schedule with Siebrand? ++1 (Yuvi will transition this to another team member (Siebrand wants only one person to have access in the team), volunteers welcome) [Bernd] volunteers.
 * A mediawiki page describing the app [DAN]++++