Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-08-26

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August 26, 2016

Android

Previous Retrospective Actions

• [MAX] Create a Quarterly Goal tag for Android Q1 DONE

Significant Events

• Interim production release (was that this sprint?)
• Limited devs (vacations)
• Screenshot tests look promising but aren't ready yet.

Keep

• momentum on overhaul tasks
• estimation meeting format/style, working well and fast
• estimating MCS tasks during prioritization meetings
• tagging unplanned sprint work as needed, really useful to gauge for planning
• Design involvement has been outstanding.
  • Keep encouraging Design to be proactive

Start

• having more user testing, now that we have userzoom
• removing tasks from overloaded sprints? Sets expectations
• Experiment with flying solo??
• New tag for MCS regressions (vs. MW API)?

Questions

• Nzr: Resolution of cards that have spanned multiple sprints
  • Design has identified cards that have carried over multiple sprints 87 - 89. Why?

(For August 26 "longed for") --MH

• Can I get a witness +2?
  • https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/290075/
  • https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/299271/ (done)

Action Items

• [DMITRY] Follow up with Sherah about user testing/userzoom
• [MAX] Explore Phab tag for MCS regressions around Restbase (Email)
  • Reach out to iOS to gauge their thoughts
• [MAX] Tag old Wikipedia-App-MobileApp-extension tasks with backlog
• [MAX] Email Android team about 1-sprint experiment around flying solo (no Scrum Master)