Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2016-05-20

Android

May 20, 2016

Previous Retrospective Actions

• None!

Significant Events

• Offsite
• New and moar estimation
• Google IO+
• Peer reviews
• Engagement survey

Loved

• For the first time since 2000 and whatever, CI builds are super stable. One failure (due to plugin outside of our code) since 11 days ago or so (https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/job/apps-android-wikipedia-periodic-test/).
• We're waaaay ahead on estimation
  • Pointing bugs! Feeds!+
• Offsite was pretty great. A valuable experience.+
• Feels like our momentum is good since we've finished reading lists work+
• Long running tasks are closing up! Code is stabilizing! Legit release is coming soon.+
• Great discussion about endpoint names for feeds on Phab task+

Lacked

• Haven't reviewed the latest Android N and Google I/O announcements yet.
• "Needs Deployment" tag in Phab

Learned

• MCS board may be redundant (only some columns, though)
• Android devs have mad muscial instrument skillz

Longed for

• More and faster tests.
  • How about some Espresso UI test?
    • Maybe. I have a bit of experience with Espresso but I'm still not sold on it.

Action Items

• [BERND] Doing and Code Review columns on MCS board will be hidden
• Contributors to MCS will tag with workboard project
  • [MAX] to email iOS and Web with changes and norms going forward
• [STEPHEN] Ask Web/Sam/Baha about testing (Selenium, Espresso, Cucumber)

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IOS

May 20, 2016

Previous Retrospective Actions

• [COREY] Look into making Corey and Monte automatic viewers for anything related to MobileFrontend
• [JOSH] Reach out to Web to see what their OTRS norms are INVALID
• [MAX] Look into gCal To Dos system - assigning to other people? System for commitments outside of product, expectations from team members
• [COREY] Sync with Josh and Monte on WWDC plans, travel, etc DONE
• [JOSH] Get Rita access to Piwik

Significant Events

• Apple swift issues
• "partner" oppotunity
• blog post of love
• Joe said yes
• Reading offsite!
• We got the Wikipedia name+++

Worked Well

• Release boards!
• WIP
• Design research and thinking on nearby
• Although WK work scope crept a bit, most of it is done (~80 to ~90%)

Worked Poorly

• underestimated scope of WK work (still worth doing)
• iPad getting not so much love
• lack of engagement data is really frustrating
• Usertesting.com issues, lack of research tools

Questions

• Can we estimate bugs?

Action Items

• [COREY] Look into making Corey and Monte automatic viewers for anything related to MobileFrontend
• [JOSH] Get Rita access to Piwik
• [MAX] Email list about retro for Corey's sake
• [MAX] Email list about "Can we estimate bugs?"