Readers/Web/Team/Retrospectives/2015-03-16

Notable events

 * Collections works!!!
 * Phabricator sprint C
 * Yuri joined Gather team and kicked ass (for a couple of weeks?)
 * Action! Invite Yuri to next retro [KL]

Absences
 * Baha sick 3/3
 * Kaldari sick 3/4-3/6
 * Rob sick 3/5

Velocity
WG Points carried over from previous iteration: 13 Points attempted: 25 Points completed: 15

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

Gather Points carried over from previous iteration: 16 Points attempted:28 Points completed:28

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

Actions from last retrospective

 * Send S. Page examples of what is missing from OOJS UI documentation [Joaquin, Baha]
 * Baha emailed S, he's working on API docs; sent Baha link to existing code examples page.
 * Action! Baha find where OOJS documentation work is being tracked and send to list [Baha]
 * Form a task force for developing our strategy(ies) for rapid prototyping/experimenting [JK and Moiz]
 * JK and Moiz met, decided they need an engineer on their task force :-)
 * Action! Jon and Kaldari join task force and meet with JK and Moiz before next retro [Moiz]
 * Spearhead the use of metrics (or other motivational means!) to drive code reviewing [Jon]
 * INCOMPLETE
 * Note: per SS, mobile fonrtend patch list is smallest he's seen it...BUT Florian has a 16 day old patch :-)
 * Report back to team on meeting with Anna Stillwell re:community harassment issues [Jon]
 * Reach out to her!
 * Anna S. is putting together info in book form about the impact of harassment
 * Her efforts will be focusing on improving staff communicaiton first, then community/external
 * Schedule meeting to discuss the issue of working in silos [KL] DECLINED
 * Action! Sprint kickoff emails for Gather and more verbose kickoff emails for WikiGrok [JR, KL]
 * Action! Send proposal to WG team to move to Phab [KL]

What's been working well?

 * surprisingly, phabricator has worked well for collections team+1prefer trello, but dealing.... uhhhhhhh nope... give me trello back: http://media.giphy.com/media/2G7O7JXzQD3RS/giphy.gif (funnly olsen twin video, kinda nsfw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lfTfTuj9g)
 * Having Yuri (+1+1, escalating issue and getting prompt resolution)
 * luck
 * Help from Nirzar on style syncing (OOjs UI vs MediaWiki UI)
 * Oh, I got my bag ;) 6 months!
 * Not working on OOJS ui
 * e-mailing joaquin before i leave work

What hasn't worked well

 * Scheduling both sprint kickoffs at the same time... :(
 * Moiz's phabricator notification settings :-)
 * Not having someone backend to argue with yuri
 * Phabricator (upstream is filled with bugs, and limited resources) +
 * vagrant NFS issues +++
 * vagrant issues in general+
 * Action! Keep raising bugs and weighing in on them [ALL]
 * Get better machines!
 * Cross-team code review+++
 * Kristen & remoties pdf: better remote practices
 * templating in core (been "Timoed"/krinkled) ++++++++++++++++
 * Communication around next quarter... search.. whatttt?+++++++
 * Damon and Erik want to change MW focus
 * We want better communication from higher-ups
 * In the past six months, it has become clear that readership decline is an issue
 * google search refereral -> wikipedia paradigm OK for desktop, doesn't work so well for mobile
 * A lot of this discussion is in flight, nothing is imminent
 * Action! Send email to Erik and Damon and tell them about team confusion [Maryana]

What is confusing?

 * Why do we create spikes from bugs?
 * Safeguard (payment system for internationl req holders) (time sink)++

FML Maryana is leaving