iOS

July 28, 2016

Today's Theme: Focus on how 5.0.5 went from start to finish

Previous Retrospective Actions

[JOSH] Add max to meeting about automating tests, etc INVALID
[MAX] Look into making Friday retros earlier, or Monday/Thursday DONE
[MONTE] Talk with Josh to establish a dedicated time for Monte to fix holes in our regression testing. Fridays? NOT DONE
[MAX] Review https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139641#2464647 and possibly add to Planning agenda for Tuesday DONE
[MONTE] Check in with Josh about image map regression in 5.0.5 (emailed) DONE

Adding unit tests for new code
adding more diagnostic information around crashes
Testing during the code review process, being careful about assessing impact
Phab process! (I hear a lot of other folks talk about how much they like the way iOS does process, from columns to communication)
- On that note, the team is really polite and professional with one another and with other teams <3
Talking through engineering issues and technical solutions+1
team status updates, even if we don't ship I think we broadcast status honestly and frequently (big ups to cfloyd)
Pushing each other to do good work
Reacting to changes and issues - adjusting our plans to fit our work and resources

Working on unpointed tasks, OR change pointing expectations/process
Losing a dev to work on secret iOS missions :) <-- this is solved if we plan better for absences below
Accidentally pulling in changes (mostly solved with the new release process)

Planning for absences (PO, tech lead, etc)
Accounting for more QA testing time
Integrating changes in beta earlier ("We fixed a regression in beta a week before shipping but didn't do anything with it. ")
Getting a better common understanding of story points
understand the impact of large technical refactors on the team (i.e. It's not parrallelizable at our scale)

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