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Intro

You're invited to participate in a release retrospective for Firefox Flicks. Let's discuss the nitty gritty in a constructive way (no finger pointing!) and help make future projects run more smoothly. To get a comprehensive review of all aspects of the project lifecycle, topics are broken down by phase and/or stakeholder. For each item below we will discuss “what went well” and “what can be improved” as well as the specific questions pertaining to each item.

Attendees

  • cmore
  • fred
  • raymond
  • chelsea
  • jen
  • lee
  • mkelly
  • jd
  • Milos

Agenda / Notes

Intro

  • (Re)introduce the team
  • Provide general overview and recap of the project.

Planning

Questions

  • Were there clear requirements and a solid understanding of the website from the start?
  • Were goals and success metrics clearly defined?

Feedback

  • some requirements were very clear (e.g. like video uploading)
  • other things we didn't think about (like searching)
  • some items were known to some, but not communicated to others (like social sharing)
  • would have liked more design / ux / functionality reviews
  • understood on a general level, but needed more working through the workflow
  • project seemed to be larger than first thought

Design

Questions

  • Were there sufficient user stories?

Feedback

  • See previous section.

Resources

Questions

  • Were roles / responsibilities clear?
  • Were there sufficient resources to execute all phases smoothly within the project scope and schedule?

Feedback

  • Opps, we skipped this section somehow.

Schedule

Questions

  • Was the schedule realistic?
  • Did anything cause the schedule to slip?

Feedback

  • QA was unsure of schedule. Stage wasn't working for a while.
  • Was uncertaintly around when the launch date was.
  • Schedule conflicts like PTO, and work week.
  • Anything that requires responsive design needs to have more time.
  • Utilize IRC topics to announce key dates
  • Know work weeks.

Development

Questions

  • Was code freeze respected?
  • Other?

Feedback

  • No, see previous section regarding schedule.

QA testing

Questions

  • Did development adhere to QA’s checklist?

Feedback

IT / Deployment

Questions

  • Were there any issues getting the app onto dev?
  • Were there any issues getting the app onto stage?
  • Were there any issues getting the app onto production?
  • How did launch go?

Feedback

  • getting dev live should have been prioritized higher
  • dev/stage/prod used different push/update script and this caused issues
  • l10n script breaks update script so it's not enabled until project is ready for that
  • should specify physical location of hosting (e.g. engagement cluster for engagement projects)

Security

Questions

  • Were there any issues in the security review process?

Feedback

  • Security not present, will follow-up outside of this meeting.

L10N

Questions

  • Were there any issues in the localization process?
  • Was string freeze respected?

Feedback

    • zh-TW defaulting to zh-CN
  • already had many translations and didn't utilize them
  • improperly encoded strings
  • need to identify who will check english strings - visual check to make sure there are no issues on website
  • issues come from generating copy in rich text programs (like Word)
  • default should be that zh-tw should never fall back to zh-cn (should fall back to english instead)
  • need to make sure that _final_ copy is handed to l10n on time; if not, be aware that release might need to be postponed

Communication:

Questions

  • Were the channels of communication between all the stakeholders established from the start?
  • Was there anything that blocked or hindered communication?

Feedback

  • complicated project that happened very quickly and everyone did a good job keeping in touch about what they were working on

Summary

Action items

  • ckoehler: follow-up with security and ux for specific feedback
  • ckoehler: add traceback info to it dev/stage/prod bug
  • ckoehler: update irc topic with relevant deadlines
  • everyone: email t-shirt sizes to chelsea
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