Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-08-11


August 11, 2016


Previous Retrospective Actions

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  • [MONTE] Talk with Josh to establish a dedicated time for Monte to fix holes in our regression testing. Fridays? DONE
  • [JOSH] Schedule: Before we ship the next version, let's do a walkthrough (iPad, iPhone) DONE
  • [MAX] Review the value of story pointing, see if we should continue, discuss (email?) DONE
  • [MAX] Invite Corey to regression test meeting with Andy DONE
  • [JOSH/MAX] Explore how to identify cards that are for the coming beta, specifically the release candidate (tags? meeting agenda?) PUNTED


What's going well?

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  • Volunteers providing debugging data+1+!
  • Apple loves us
  • Fixing bugs and crashes +1
  • 5.1 items in firly good shape
  • DEVICES!

What's not going well?

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  • Tracking action items (can we do the phab thing?)
  • Scheduling is a challenge
  • Punctuality
  • Efficiently getting information from users to help fix bugs and crashes
  • Apple is overly secretive and has "high power for profit" expectations
  • Incorporating primary research / usability testing before next release
  • App store rating (soon to change! i hope)

Questions

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  • Decision on estimation?

Action Items

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  • [MAX] Make phab cards for action items (column on backlog?)
  • [MAX] Schedule followup meeting to discuss Nicholas' regression script
  • [MONTE/JOSH/COREY] Give a regression test example to TSG ahead of above meeting w/TSG
  • [JOSH/MAX] Explore how to identify cards that are for the coming beta, specifically the release candidate (tags? meeting agenda?)
  • [JOSH/MAX] Talk 1:1 about how to handle OTRS, App Store Reviews, and Social Media. Chore wheel?
    • Also, highlight the debt incurred by assigning devs etc
  • [MAX] Find a home for retro on calendar
  • [JOSH] Look into OTRS filters/queueing to Make OTRS Great Again
    • Ping Keegan (subject lines for subqueues?)