Wikimedia Apps/imported/Retrospective-September 18 2014

= Previous Retrospective Actions =
 * Set up quarterly "unstructured sprint" [Kristen/Dan] not urgent, will carry over. Quarterly planning sprint may be our unstructured sprint :-)
 * Give Vibha & Moiz iTunes account login access [Tomasz]; Waiting on Design iTunes account [Vibha] DONE
 * Give Vibha & Moiz access to data about user actions [Dan] OBSOLETE
 * Set up monthly apps data review meeting [Dan/Vibha] will be resch'ed
 * Blog post and social media to recruit testers [Monte/Vibha/Moiz/Dmitry]
 * Explore paid testing services [Tomasz] to be continued
 * we will also likely be getting 1 FTE QA tester within a month
 * what will iOS/Android split look like? TBD

= Worked Well =
 * Nearby feature completed+1
 * Beta/prod releases of Android app continue to be painless
 * Android Alpha self-update notification http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikipedia-android-builds/ Instructions on how to use the testing stuff for Android: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_app+1
 * iOS 8 fix sprint got a lot of stuff done
 * Team flexibility about dropping all our work to do iOS 8 compatibility fixes+1
 * Hijacking app release notes to recruit beta testers!+1
 * 20 -> 160 testers!!
 * we will switch to official open beta channel when available
 * 3.5 stars
 * Dan's hacking on the Android code base+1+1
 * Starting bimontly guerilla research

= Worked Poorly =
 * iOS 8 fix sprint delayed other stuff
 * god damn Apple took forever to get that update out and now is sitting on the next one. Grr! +1
 * Lack of certainty about access to analytics -- led to unnecessary work (session eventlogging)+1+1+1+1
 * Had a story about logging a normal user session
 * implemented with eventlogging, but this info is available via Analytics, duplication of effort
 * don't think this will happen again with Analytics; Toby is aware of issues with getting access
 * issues around mobile/analytics have been clarified
 * Maryana is mobile single point of contact/Dario is analytics single point of contact
 * Activity based work must be limited, we need to switch to goal based models
 * If mockups exist please link to them from the Trello cards. That should happen BEFORE we estimate the card, not after I'm halfway done with implementation.+1+1+1
 * Bernd learned that there was a design available after he already implmented the card
 * there is a board with 'latest designs', but it's a big board
 * make sure we link to design board from actual task
 * Design review meeting: invite all, move a little earlier? [Dan]
 * Short-term cancellation of meetings is pretty annoying. Don't wait until last second to move it.
 * Need more Android-specific designs. I know there is a tendency to apply a one-fits all design for all platforms but it may not always be appropriate. +1+1+1+1+1
 * specifically ToC
 * Dan and Vibha agree
 * second design iteration worked
 * create designs fro both platforms (even if one is not goign to work on it) [Vibha]
 * Copy and pasting retrospective notes changes the font. :(
 * Feedback from extra beta testers through TestFlight now means we have one too many feedback channels (ship it to OTRS!)+1+1
 * Can we get feedback from testflight -> OTRS? [MONTE/DAN]
 * If not, we need to figure out how to handle the channels
 * Violating apple's/Testflight's ToS :) (whoops!)
 * Delay before we learn about how users are behaving+1
 * does anyone care about the numbers after we release stuff?
 * need a single page to get these numbers easily, resistance from analytics
 * or we need to get more resources
 * get clarification from Howie about how we operate [Vibha]
 * Things sititng in beta without concrete plan +1+1+1
 * things that are almost there, but we lose track of them (eg disambiguation)
 * need to keep better track of this
 * what does it take to get something to production?
 * what does Dan need to verify readiness?
 * software testing AND usability testing (separate issue, QA can help!)
 * let's meet to come up with a plan to tackle this problem/figure out our team practices [Kristen]

= Confuses Us =
 * How do we collect/review suggestions and issues from reviews and beta feedback?
 * What else might Google want, in terms of improving the app in order to be Featured? (I guess better tablet specific design)
 * Apple
 * When are we getting back to goal based work
 * IOS developer