ANDROID

September 11, 2015

Previous Retrospective Actions

Action! Question for Bernd and services folks: What do we want at the end of the day, a high level structure in mind for the API and the output of the service?
- Action! Android team to meet and discuss to avoid reinventing the wheel, plan the structure [MICHAEL TO LIAISE W/SERVICES] EMAILED SERVICES, WAITING
- AB: Lots of interest in supporting services

SN: production release.+1+
SN: end of Gingerbread is in sight!+
- ET: still like QA sign off column - not so many, not so few just the right amount of issues there
MH: Marko has been great on content service stuff
DB: Team's flexibility in being able to jump between Service/Android tasks.

SN: Did we not get a bunch of new devices for testing?
- ET: I have two Android devices - should be enough for some comparison.... plus the emulator
- AB: Paring the list down, getting devices soon.
MB: Naming phab tasks (user stories)
MH: Content service: should I/we be getting stuff done? I think Bernd is expecting some progress but we're not estimating content service tasks. Do we need to align expectations?
AB: State of stats for link preview and content service-based version of link preview + pageviews
MSG: is it bad, good, or something else?
- umami? Or the Knicks?
  - Umami form
- Metal Gear Solid? Kind of like MSG?
ET: what is the purpose of Beta?
MH: Is it still accurate to say we're moving toward a "fully native" experience?

MB: Naming phab tasks (user stories)
MH: Content service: should I/we be getting stuff done? I think Bernd is expecting some progress but we're not estimating content service tasks. Do we need to align expectations?
AB: State of stats for link preview and content service-based version of link preview + pageviews
ET: what is the purpose of Beta?
MH: Is it still accurate to say we're moving toward a "fully native" experience?

Action! Provide update on device acquisition [ADAM]
Action! Check that Content Service is ready to be consumed [MICHAEL]
Action! Team to continue compiling thoughts on Content Service in etherpad doc (https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mobileapps_content_service_design) [TEAM]
Action! Follow up with Nuriya from Analytics on state of stats for link preview + pageviews [DMITRY]

September 16, 2015

Action! Breakdown tickets larger than 3 points.
- During Estimation, if things are looking large (5+) let's see if it can be made smaller
Action! Celebrate BETAs more!
Action! Get Corey a conductor's hat
Action! Start thinking about data-driven retros, how we can use data to make better decisions/experiments

Maybe a bit early to tell, but VC refactoring. Could provide us flexibility we need to implement new designs
Welcome Josh! +1+1 (beat me to it!)
So many designers helping, much love, wow YAY
- Good to be getting some extra help here!
Time off for the bald hippie
Quick action on changes to make Swift 2.0 compatible
- Don't speak too soon...

Sounds like too many meetings lately
Lots of strategy meetings slowing down 5.0 progress+
- Maybe a silver lining: ended up giving design time to revisit designs w/o us implementing lots of stuff that would now (AFAICT) be obsolete
- Been very busy with ancilary thnigs… not a lot of dev time since Strategy stuff+ < move to top-level item

Is the Ready for Development column on the Dev board too full to be able to focus on shipping "experiences" in increments?
- Estimate less often when board is full?
Blocked or Waiting column still an thing we want to implement?+
QA plan still in limbo maybe?+
Strategy seems very disconnected with our work [current, P2W, or upcoming?]+++

N/A

Action! Discuss strategy disconnect with PM/Manager meetings [MAX]
- Quarterly planning is compounded by strategy push
- Things are not well-aligned
- Need a better meeting mandate, focus on core capabilities
Action! Clarify when QA gets slotted in
- Go back to the schedule we wrote up and improve on it based on the last couple of meetings [JOSH/ADAM]
Action! Review Ready for Dev column, pull out now-irrelevant tasks [COREY/JOSH]
Action! Implement Blocked or Waiting column [MAX]