Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-11-04

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November 4, 2016

Android

Previous Retrospective Actions

• get firm answer on W0 notifications (dmitry) DONE
• share data on feed/overhaul engagement (dmitry) DONE
• Michael to do next beta release (michael) DONE

Velocity Update

• 42.5 commitment vs 38.5 completion
• Added 5 points total over the course of the sprint

Significant Events

• First description(s) edited from app
• Kind of a heads down sprint. I don't think we had a lot of big events as would be reported in major newspapers.
• Cubs took a vacation

Lacked

• Clarity on scheduling for Rita
• Schedule update:
  • Move grooming meeting to a different timeslot (not before MCS deployments, please, bundle with another meeting, like right after standup)

Learned

• A better pattern for data clients and how to write unit tests for them+

Loved

• Rita has joined+++
• The trending edits endpoint seems to be coming along at a good pace
• velocity
• DB stepping up the PO game with email updates and general coordination
• No MCS emergencies
• No app emergencies
• Lots of good tests
• Refactoring of a significant portion of legacy networking code
  • general focus on quality
• Lot of tech debt got done even if it isn't super well tracked

Longed For

• a bit more community feedback on Wikidata descriptions

Questions

• question from prioritization meeting: just agile curious, when is the sprint cutoff point for descoping without penalty?
• MB: Are we getting anything out of Combined Apps Standup?

Action Items

• [MICHAEL, STEPHEN] Get password for true crypt volume
• [MAX] Reschedule grooming (around other rescheduling)
• [MICHAEL] Make a spike ticket to explore the retrofit-mock module's networking error mocking capabilities and add more error cases to unit tests
• [MAX] Reach out to Josh about shifting from traditional Scrum to a release-board or kanban-esque model

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