Events of Last Iteration

Notable events:

Absences:

Points carried over from previous iteration: 8 Points attempted: 35.5 Points completed: 41.5

Outstanding from Previous

Make sure Kaldari and Joaquin sync up on WikiGrok before he leaves SF [Kaldari, Joaquin] DONE
Give Rob access to WD dbs on tool labs [Kaldari] DONE
keep hashing out (on email) ways to get prototypes out for testing quickly [Team]
- have the option of using user scripts now
- still don't have a concrete plan
- we have 2 derploy windows now; aren't using b/c we are A/B testing
- Table for now, revisit
email to Timo and Antoine to figure out how we can avoid getting blocked by Jenkins and not being able to reach people about problems [Jon]
- Jon has been in touch, still not clear what to do
- have more undersanding of how it works, but not sure we want to open the can of worms
need bigger, prioritized, fleshed out backlog for our new megateam (noted that we might need to allocate more meeting time to fleshing it out) [Maryana]
Put together a meeting of whole mobile web team and Lydia/WikiData folk to get everyone on the same page [Maryana]
- Kaldari is feeling awesome! We're figuring out good ways to work around their codebase :P

Getting ppl from other teams do WD stuff for us
-1 code review column - I think it should come before the 'In Development' column
Epic amount of work being done
Tools tools tools
Analytics dashboards less messy
Maryana/Kaldari asked me questions outside story estimation, helped spec out stories making estimation meeting go more smoothly.
Being super agile & pivoting around Wikidata blockers :)
Developers backlog +
Collaborating with Analytics to figure out cheap suggestions
QAing WikiGrok A/B test (hopefully)
- dry run is a good thing!
Different focus areas e.g. tools and wikigrok

REGRESSIONS!!1 / no QA it's coming next week :) +++
- Specialist Guild is starting next week!
- figure out devices and browsers that we want them to focus on
- Joaquin had some info from Nuria that we could use
- specific features/areas that have lots of regressions, let Maryana know
- Let Maryana know if you want to sit on on meeting?
ios bugs
bugs in A/B test for wikigrok :-/
Browser tests as per usual.
adjusting the test's scope or design after launching it: we did a good job but with some coordination we could have saved some kittens
people not replying to emails e.g. developer backlog next theme. Are people getting too many? - yep
better organize cards (labels?)
state and speed of tests
bugzilla closed and we can't make comments anymore+

Why is Wikipedia banned in China
When we pull stuff from dev backlog into iterations +
Whether Bahodir is an awesome code producing robot or a real human+
Whether we can keep the developer backlog full of work at the rate this time is able to do stuff
Now I dont have Trello gold how are we going to get backgrounds+
Phrabricator +++++
- need to get used to it
- how does it fit in to our workflow?
- migration will make sense once there's code review
- Action! Set up a meeting to talk about bug triage [KRISTEN]
How to spell Fabrikaethure
We are a megateam now and we should tackle some mega problems...like writing mobile web using a modern web framework so we move faster and can build MODERN web things, unlike our current product +++++++++++++++
- megaproblem needs mega discussion; could use structured conversation
- can developer backlog help smooth the way?
- Goal: crush app team! :P
- Action!: Doughnut meeting, loop in Damon? Make Damon aware of problems we are facing Moiz/Kaldari set agenda, get it scheduled!