Wikimedia Apps/imported/Retrospective-February 5 2015

= Previous Retrospective Actions =
 * Action! Talk to Toby about Analytics woes [Dan]
 * Dan talked to Toby
 * going forward, analytics team shoudl be able to give our requests an indication of timeline (can do it at x time, can't do it until later...)
 * analytics team will be structuring work/process more like our teams; cards, user-focus; this is in early stages
 * Action! document how code signing should work and possibly turn team agent in to role account (initial docs by mid-Jan) [Brion]
 * Brian and Corey runnignthrough steps will be a good test of this documentation!

= Worked Well =


 * Android production release!!!111zomg+1 Finally, yeah!+1+1+1
 * New, smart iOS developers +1+1
 * Quick action during unstructured time on some low-hanging fruit refactors to make some bits more sane for new guys :) +1 for quick wins+1
 * Getting to spend a lot of time with the new engineers just after they joined
 * Onboarding was pretty smooth
 * having all-staff & dev-summit right after joining was very helpful. need to distill what was most helpful and re-incorporate into on-boarding
 * Action! start wiki page for post-all hands awesomeness continuation [Brian]
 * Apps Q3 planning +1
 * MOTHERFUCKIN SERVICES (BAM!) ✌ +1(BG, esp. SOA & x-fn'l teams)

= Worked Poorly =
 * Harder to get normal rhythym with all hands + summit+1+1++1
 * would be good to keep start timing in mind going forward
 * feature, not a bug ;-)
 * Android hiring :((Jealousy ;P)+
 * dearth of candidates
 * Collaborating via gerrit+1++
 * gerritt ain't no github!
 * potential upcoming Phab repo viewer/review tools furthr add to confusion
 * Analytics and crash report gathering (ability to get good feeback on our work)
 * had a meeting with analytics re: event logging (<- I think?)
 * Lack of documentation for the codebase and product+1++++
 * required lots of one on oneish handholding
 * existing wiki pages could use TLC
 * community liaison is joining, may be able to shoudler some of the documentation burden
 * Lots of meetings during all hands/dev summit, didn't get to spend as much time as I wanted with everyone
 * bringing on two new engineers at the same time and an internal transfer has left things really in flux +


 * My ability to mute dog barks ^(*o*)^ :-(--- (I like them)

= Confuses Us =
 * Refactor code process(BG+)++
 * Not really confused… but haven't done a "real' sprint yet - so will probabaly be doing a lot of listening this retrospective
 * The process (still need to watch and learn though)+1
 * The future when we have four engineers on each platform(BG+)++++
 * What are we going to do?
 * What are the options/proposals? currently: platform split, product split, embedding with other eng teams across the org
 * BG has worked with option 2, worked well, has some insight from spotify
 * Action! Calendar a meeting to discuss this [DAN]
 * ^ Suggestion: can we move this into a doc that we can comment on offline? (perhaps in parallel or leading up to the meeting)
 * Specific time allotted, and dates to start, quality-oriented x% or spike, or both (although mostly not confused)(BG+)+++
 * This point itself +1 ;-)
 * see above (refactor code process)
 * see above (lack of documentation...)
 * eg how can we make reflecting on our process more quantitative
 * what are our success metrics for our process
 * Action! Brian share doc of proposed of how to measure our success [Brian]
 * Action! Schedule meeting to discuss (after one or two sprints [Tuesday March 3 proposed]); make sure scope of agenda is clear/defined [Kristen]
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