Wikimedia Apps/imported/Retrospective-December 11 2014

Previous Retrospective Actions

• • Action! Blog post for lead images [DMITRY]
  • Waiting for comms/iOS catchup
  • but Dan sent a cutoff date (Jan 5), launch 2 weeks after that https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Big_updates_in_the_Wikipedia_Android_app!
  • Action! Blog post for wikidata descriptions for search [DAN] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Using_Wikidata_to_improve_the_user_experience_on_mobile_devices
    • Dan keep pushing
  • Action! Vibha will send around material design links and possibly set up a meeting to dive in this more [Vibha]
    • Vibha: seet up a meeting
  • End of year sprint and dates [Kristen]

Worked Well

• Once ready for merge we got lots done on the big ios refactor finally! +1+1
• Android omg
  • Amazingly ^ fast progress on image viewer on Android+1+1
• Great work by the Search team (search API with Index) +1+1
  • we knew who to talk to/there were resources available
  • strong project/tech lead (Nik)
  • user-centered focus (user was us :-))
• Great work by Wikidata (pageterms) +1+1
• I liked seeing some more important features/fixes bubble up
  • e.g. working on the image viewer when it became apparent that it was more important
• Apple's been faster about app store turnaround lately, yay
• Tomasz helping us push refactor stuff over the finish line
  • He ordered pizza!!!
  • he pushed on deadlines/firm due dates
  • document issues clearly/checklist card (eg Monte made a giant trello card as he was reviewing/integrating the code)
• Transition to Material design theme/icons/toolbar was pretty smooth :)
• Hiring going faster than previously
• Hiring is moving!
• Fixing the freezing bug on iOS pretty quickly and getting it out there+1
• Dan still having fun writing patches for Android!
• Adam is moving to our team!+100

Worked Poorly

• Took too long to get the big ios refactor ready for merge. Perhaps break down differently next time so it's easier to land in pieces...
  • sync more often on how the progress is going
  • we expected things to go long, so didn't think to have short check-ins
  • check-in points at small milestones, attempt integration of bits perhaps sooner/more often rather than just at very end
  • danger in being 90% of the time 50% of the time
  • mega-spike
• Hiring still going too slow
• Haven't pushed a production release for Android in a while (hope this will change next week) +1 (-1?)
• ^ Rift between iOS and Android feature-wise (may cause delay in release) +1(i don't think android should have to wait on anything just because it's not done on iOS yet)
• Bug triaging/K-Phab
  • Action! Try limiting individual standups to 1 minute
  • "What's your one minute?"
  • 20-second warning

Confuses Us

• When tweet-a-fact will get on android
  • Got bumped by the legal requirements this sprint
  • at top of backlog!
  • likely to start soon since we're crankin' through sprint
  • please ping Moiz when you start working on it
• What the deal is around comms splashes and product launches (see action item below)
• Adam onboarding?
  • don't worry
  • Monte will make an onboarding list based on mobile web example
• Rainpocalypse
  • it's just rain+1+1
• Still relearning phabricator for bugs and stuff

Action! Send around mobile web workboard view for bugs [Kristen]

• Swift switchover spikes?
  • we'll get to them when we get to them

Action! Talk to Erik about the balance between holding back features for the sake of Comm splashes vs. being open and transparent; what is the line for what is a splashy feature vs not [DAN]