Firefox/Activity Stream/Status/02-Nov-2016

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Firefox Activity Stream Program - Cross-Platform Status Report - Nov-02-2016

Overall Project Health

Green-sm.jpg On track, issues well managed Yellow-sm.jpg Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Red-sm.jpg Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Platform/Area Version Health Notes
Desktop Add-On

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'Mount Revelstoke' sprint in progress, with end date of Nov 6th. Yellow status due to the fact that final MVP breakdown work and schedule is still pending.
Android FF52 TBC

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Currently in sprint 1.9 (ending Nov 04) with work landing in FF52. Currently not confirmed if 52 is the delivery vehicle as final MVP breakdown, and subsequent forecasting is still underway (hence Yellow status).
iOS V7.0 TBC

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Currently in sprint 1.9 (ending Nov 04). V6.0 is now in stabilization, and V7.0 development period has begun. V7.0 as the AS delivery vehicle is not yet confirmed as final MVP definition is still being broken down and resulting forecasted end date is still pending (hence Yellow status).

Exec Summary/Hot Topics

General

  • Product has confirmed the MVP definition for all platforms at the User Story level. Engineering breakdown of those user stories is not yet complete. All teams are aiming to complete that breakdown in the coming weeks, and once finalized a forecast for delivery of Activity Stream for each platform will be generated and communicated.
  • The release schedule/heartbeat for iOS is being adjusted by 1 week to align with the current sprint cadence.

Desktop

  • Current Sprint 'Mount Revelstoke'
  • Team continues to work toward Shield Study deployment
  • Planning to partially dedicate sprint beginning on Nov 21st to remaining MVP breakdown work, to enable creation of MVP delivery forecast.

Android

  • Current Sprint 1.8
  • Priorities - new tab/home panel, highlights, telemetry.
  • Team capacity has been set for mobile AS team as a whole, but going forward will be calculated separately for Android & iOS sub-teams.

iOS

  • Current Sprint 1.8
  • Priorities - new tab/home panel, highlights,telemetry
  • V6.0 Code Complete was set on Oct 28th. AS feature development continues through the V7.0 development period.
  • Team capacity has been set for mobile AS team as a whole, but going forward will be calculated separately for Android & iOS sub-teams.

Risks & Issues

Description of Risk/Issue Affected Platform(s) State Owner Version Plan to Resolve/Mitigation Target Date
Final MVP definition still to be solidified All Closed Barbara/Nick TBD Product has determined which user stories are considered MVP for all platforms. Team is moving on to finalize engineering breakdown of these stories. Oct 17th
Team work capacities & therefore MVP delivery date unknown All Open Jenn TBD Team will be using Monte Carlo analysis/simulation to calculate team capacity, which will also support development of MVP delivery forecast. Dependent on final breakdown of MVP user stories. Nov 30th

Development Status

Green-sm.jpg On track, issues well managed Yellow-sm.jpg Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Red-sm.jpg Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

For more details please visit the Activity Stream Trello Board

MVP Feature Development

Feature Description Platform(s) Meta Bug Health Status

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