Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-03-11

March 11, 2016

=Android=

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * Invite iOS to unified Apps standup [STEPHEN] DONE
 * Make retro a speedy hour, carve into “retro” and “beer” [MAX] DONE
 * Swap estimation with retro on schedule [MAX] DONE
 * Max to chat with team members about 1:1 time [MAX] DONE
 * Follow up with team about posting retro [MAX] DONE

Significant Events

 * Interim ED+
 * First user options beta
 * Still very few crashes, even considering the amount of code added recently

Loved

 * Bernd's idea to estimate using upcoming boards (which have been populated via tag)
 * Bernd's data client patch and tests
 * Tagging MCS items in the sprint
 * Subtasking Android-specific tasks when the parent task overlaps with other teams
 * I'm a K Maher fan+
 * Still very few crashes, even considering the amount of code added recently
 * Reduced memory leaks+

Lacked

 * Progress on my piece of pagelists/syncing/etc
 * Clarity on login/account API changes
 * Time/resources for fulfilling dependencies for our Q3 goals

Learned

 * It's confusing to have multiple sprint tags on one task
 * More about deploying MCS, and what not to do.

Longed for

 * A backend for collections / reading lists+

Action Items

 * Ping Brad Jorsch about clarity on login/account API changes [MICHAEL]
 * Wait until we've spiked
 * Let's chat about how Kanban might change things if we used it instead of Scrum [MAX/STEPHEN]
 * Make a phab task to investigate what was going on with wikitionary 404s [MICHAEL]

- =IOS=

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * None

Significant Events

 * We released!
 * First couple weeks without Brian
 * PRESS! <nothing happens when i press here... :(
 * New ED
 * Featured in 3d touch by apple

Worked Well

 * Release Process
 * Bug triage fixing
 * TSG crankin' 'em out, readily gives process feedback
 * Got a great candidate for our open position wot wot! yay!
 * Response / fix of Testflight within 24 hours #ZONE
 * Phab UI makes tagging easy+1
 * Release boards over universal workboard
 * Generally Phab is better - a lot better
 * Josh / Max getting our backlogs and epics in order
 * We're communicating really well
 * Early press
 * Support from WMF
 * working with another team, iOS x Comms

Worked Poorly

 * BriOS uninstalled -1:( revert revert!
 * We could be a tad more punctual (ive been particularly terrible at this lately)
 * iTunes Connect
 * Web changes to CSS +1

Confuses Us

 * Accessibility fixes
 * OTRS and responding to feedback/tickets
 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124936
 * Some piwik numbers, specially negative exit rates

Action Items

 * Investigate more regular touchpoint with Android (email) [MAX] DONE
 * Maybe one standup per week is combined
 * Also look into more mobile web syncs - android might be more plugged in, but its more the people who are making changes that we should sync with
 * Monte needs a repeating do-OTRS invite [MAX]
 * Nzr needs his own repeating do-OTRS invite [MAX]
 * Week of 21st, need to schedule brownbag [MAX/JOSH]