Android[edit]

July 31, 2015

Previous Retrospective Actions[edit]

Alpha builds not working, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104190
- Action! Get on Yuvi's ass, press him to set up nginx [DMITRY] DONE
QA
- Clear delineation of what two days Elena QAs (2 days for Apps, not just Android)
- Working closely with Elena when she QAs
- Action! Talk with iOS about splitting QA resources [DMITRY] NOT DONE
When does something go from alpha into beta (Design is unceratin about how long do we have to see something in alpha and make fixes)
- Action! Android team to discuss internally [ANDROID, then disseminate] DONE

Action! Try a standup or scrum of scrums style meeting to improve coordination with mobile web and communication across Readership overall [Kristen] DONE-ish (2nd part) ONGOING (ADAM to email engineers to ask about meeting) DONE
Action! Clarify what devices/configurations are supported in Android/strategies for support, deprecation [Stephen] IN PROGRESS
Action! Get more android devices [ADAM] IN PROGRESS
Action! Kristen/Dmitry/Bernd to continue conversation and distill out to team. [MAX to follow up] DONE

time splitting between projects - which is, of course, kind of expected :( I remind again - please, ask explicitly if something requires QA attention in a timely manner
a bit more love from Design? :) (hefty Design signoff column) (although there's still time left in the sprint!)

When does the "Points attempted" value get calculated? Does it get adjusted during the sprint when we pull in new storied during the sprint?
sometime I am not sure if Design should look first(before QA)

Only 4 :)

Action! Talk with iOS about splitting QA resources [DMITRY] NOT DONE
Action! Clarify what devices/configurations are supported in Android/strategies for support, deprecation [Stephen] IN PROGRESS
Action! Get more android devices [ADAM] IN PROGRESS
Action! Get Samsung devices? Figure out which devices are most relevant. High pixel density devices, Galaxy S, etc. Adam to share devices analysis
Action! Discuss velocity calculation with team [MAX]

July 31, 2015

Action! Try a standup or scrum of scrums style meeting to improve coordination with mobile web and communication across Readership overall [Kristen] DONE-ish (2nd part)
Action! Make an effort to call out cross-team considerations at tech lead sync up [ADAM]
Action! Ask Jon Katz to focus on the cross-coordination aspect of his role in order to improve alignment across web and apps (eg communicating and planning what features make sense on what platform, help w/lead images) [JK]
Action! Try separate platform option for retro [MAX]
Action! Try some new manual QA methods? Try a "testing party" where we try to produce crashes that users are encountering [BG] ONGOING
Action! Explore automated scenario & fuzz testing [BG/iOS]
Action! [ONGOING] Email thread is happening about the lack of CI. What is the priority? [ADAM] DONE
Action! Make an effort to call out cross-team considerations at tech lead sync up [ADAM]
Action! Ask Jon Katz to focus on the cross-coordination aspect of his role in order to improve alignment across web and apps (eg communicating and planning what features make sense on what platform, help w/lead images) [JK]

Action! Clarify what devices/configurations are supported in Android/strategies for support, deprecation [Stephen] IN PROGRESS
Action! Get Elena better/more devices/OSes [DMITRY]
Action! Kristen/Dmitry/Bernd to continue MCS conversation and distill out to team. [KRISTEN/DMITRY/BERND]

it's great to get explicit requests and reminders - really appreciate it. Thx Brian!
New gh workflowz!
Refactorings
WFH
Kaity taking her prototypes to the streets of Mexico
Native View, with images from the lead!!!!!!
Gestural Swiping
Build moved pretty fast
Corey organizing and taking the lead for the new native pieces+1
Working with design on new UX flows
Engineers dealing with uncertanty with panache
Loving the code coverage and automated travis builds - less manual work +1 (seeing the coverage % is way cool)
Fastlane: cutting builds has been smooth lately+1 - need to make improvements, but still at a good starting point
Code review

Street tacoslol - poor monte
Cures for flus and viruses (2 hr emergency room visit + prescriptions was < $150US!!!)
Man power (late entry)

Still some unknowns about 5.0 - but getting more clarity each week
If we need to be tackling 3 epics at once (can we reduce some scope/risk and release sooner)?
How/when do we get Elena testing 5.0 - hard to know until things stabilize more

Only 4 :)

Action! Try some new manual QA methods? Try a "testing party" where we try to produce crashes that users are encountering [BG]
Action! Figure out testing strategy going into final month of 5.0 [BG/iOS]
Action! Talk with Android about QA's availability/resources. [iOS/ANDROID TEAMS]