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Firefox Desktop Iterative Development
Objectives
The Iterative Development Model implemented for Firefox Desktop aims to accomplish six key objectives:
- Transparent - Who is working on what, when, and why.
- Predictable and Repeatable - Know what to expect from the process.
- Inclusive - Include all key participants (Eng, UX, QA, Product) and stakeholders in the process.
- Clear Direction and Decision Making - Know what we should do and who makes the call.
- Clear and Stable Priorities - Be clear on what is most important for each iterative cycle.
- Innovative - Provide flexibility to engage in experimental and original projects.
Iteration 31.2 Performance
Note: Next update on Tuesday April 29 following the conclusion of Iteration 31.3
At the conclusion of Iteration 31.2:
- Team completed 191 points across 48 bugs.
- Points completed increased by 103 from the previous iteration.
- Bugs completed increased by 20 from the previous iteration.
- Team carried over 171 points across 25 bugs to the next iteration.
- Point carry over increased by 29 from the previous iteration.
- Bug carry over decreased by 2 from the previous iteration.
- Team accomplished a 53% close rate during the iteration.
- Closure rate increased by 39% from the previous iteration.
- 48 bugs completed during the iteration have been verified by QA.
- 1 resolved bug could not be verified by the conclusion of the iteration and carried over to the next.
- Team Velocity: NA - Available following the completion of five iterations
- Velocity Range: NA - Available following the completion of five iterations
| ID | Summary | Status | Assigned to | Whiteboard |
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| 610545 | Arrowpanel animation | VERIFIED | Neil Deakin | p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 616853 | The onbeforeunload dialog should be tab-modal | VERIFIED | Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive) | p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 738796 | Visual polish for in-content preferences | VERIFIED | Richard Marti (:Paenglab) | p=0 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 822763 | [UX] Implement new action buttons in the Library/Content download view | VERIFIED | Michael Maslaney [:mmaslaney] (mmaslaney@mozilla.com) | [ux] p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 857427 | Intermittent browser_save_link-perwindowpb.js | Test timed out | Found a browser window after previous test timed out | VERIFIED | (no longer active) | p=0 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 887923 | Switch Task.jsm to use Promise.jsm | VERIFIED | :Paolo Amadini | p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 910729 | Pressing the Apostrophe in a content editable opens up the quick find dialog | VERIFIED | Tom S. (please needinfo tschuster) | p=0 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 911307 | Changes to top sites aren't immediately reflected in about:newtab | VERIFIED | Drew Willcoxon :adw | [tiles] p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 944557 | [Session Restore] Remove the state string from sessionstore-state-write | VERIFIED | David Teller [:Yoric] - still alive but not very active | p=0 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 962502 | [UX] Better styling for "unstyled" form widgets | VERIFIED | Michael Maslaney [:mmaslaney] (mmaslaney@mozilla.com) | [ux] p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 967674 | Port new Fxa sync options work to in-content prefs | VERIFIED | Richard Marti (:Paenglab) | [mentor=mak] [mentor=markh] p=0 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 |
| 970291 | Remove serializeNodeAsJSONToOutputStream | VERIFIED | Marco Bonardo [:mak] | p=1 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 971043 | Implement document walker to grab webpage's text content and format it for translation service | VERIFIED | :Felipe Gomes (needinfo for replies!) | [translation] p=13 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 972930 | Clicks (raw number) for tiles | VERIFIED | Ed Lee :Mardak | [tiles] p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 972936 | Overall impressions metrics for New Tab | VERIFIED | Ed Lee :Mardak | [tiles] p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 973998 | Telemetry experiments: initial server | VERIFIED | Benjamin Smedberg | p=3 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 974460 | Add translation icon to URL bar structure | VERIFIED | Florian Quèze [:florian] | [translation] p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 974461 | Display translation icon at the same time as the translation infobar | VERIFIED | Florian Quèze [:florian] | [translation] p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 974527 | Clicking translation icon in URL bar shows translation infobar | VERIFIED | Florian Quèze [:florian] | [translation] p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 974736 | Add icon to title bar of Sponsored Tiles | VERIFIED | maxim zhilyaev | [tiles] p=3 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 974745 | Create click event on Sponsored Tiles to show explanation panel | VERIFIED | maxim zhilyaev | [tiles] p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 975210 | Augment Site._render logic to allow for Sponsored Tiles images & text | VERIFIED | maxim zhilyaev | [tiles] p=3 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 975228 | Create logic to merge frecency-pages and Tiles (Tile equiv 1000 frecency) | VERIFIED | Olivier Yiptong [:oyiptong] | [tiles] p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 975475 | [new tab page] initial list of tiles for directory tiles | VERIFIED | Jennifer Morrow [:Boriss] (UX) | [tiles] p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 976638 | New tab controls.png should be the same across platforms | VERIFIED | maxim zhilyaev | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 977730 | Count total pages visited by all test users | VERIFIED | Asaf Romano (gone) | [translation] p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 979653 | Ctrl+Shift+X does not work in URL bar in RTL locales | VERIFIED | :Gijs (he/him) | p=0 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 982323 | Breakdown: Avoid shifting the page when toolbars appear or disappear | VERIFIED | Neil Deakin | p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 982324 | Breakdown: Find a way to avoid the »Firefox is already running in another process« error | VERIFIED | Neil Deakin | p=13 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 982350 | [UX] Create concept for making restoring closed tabs and windows more obvious | VERIFIED | (Currently slow to respond) Philipp Sackl [:phlsa] (Firefox UX) please use needinfo | [ux] p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 983623 | Async transactions: Add a preference for turning it, implement undo & redo commands | VERIFIED | Asaf Romano (gone) | p=3 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 984131 | Async transactions: protect transactions objects so we can optimize them | VERIFIED | Asaf Romano (gone) | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 984898 | Places async transactions: Implement "new separator" ui command | VERIFIED | Asaf Romano (gone) | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 984900 | Places async transactions: Implement "sort by name" ui command | VERIFIED | Asaf Romano (gone) | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 987522 | Improve localizability of translation infobar | VERIFIED | Florian Quèze [:florian] | [translation] p=1 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 988442 | Feature Breakdown - download service for directory links | VERIFIED | Ed Lee :Mardak | p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 988478 | [UX] Create Translation Infobar styled for Windows | VERIFIED | Sevaan Franks [:sevaan] | [translation] [ux] p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 988479 | [UX] Create Translation Infobar styled for Linux | VERIFIED | Sevaan Franks [:sevaan] | [translation] [ux] p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 989202 | Allow users to add a custom site to a New Tab tile via an Edit Panel | VERIFIED | Jennifer Morrow [:Boriss] (UX) | p=8 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 990049 | [UX] - The top auto-complete should reflect the intended action | VERIFIED | Michael Maslaney [:mmaslaney] (mmaslaney@mozilla.com) | [Australis] [ux] [search] p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 990052 | [UX] - Styling updates for the Awesome Bar auto-complete | VERIFIED | Michael Maslaney [:mmaslaney] (mmaslaney@mozilla.com) | [Australis] [ux] [search] p=5 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 990114 | Find out which uses of promise.js can be easily converted and which ones need test changes | VERIFIED | :Paolo Amadini | p=3 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 990977 | Sponsored tiles: don't expose explanation URL as a localizable string | VERIFIED | maxim zhilyaev | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 991202 | The event callback of popup notifications should have a way to prevent the panel from showing | VERIFIED | Florian Quèze [:florian] | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 991542 | Odd shadowing around newtab's sponsored panel | VERIFIED | Marina Samuel [:emtwo] | p=3 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa!] |
| 992327 | Change directoryLinks and NewTabUtils to imageURI instead of imageURISpec | VERIFIED | Olivier Yiptong [:oyiptong] | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 993329 | Remove inline event handlers in newTab.xul | VERIFIED | maxim zhilyaev | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
| 993581 | use an empty directory tiles data source pref | VERIFIED | Ed Lee :Mardak | p=2 s=it-31c-30a-29b.2 [qa-] |
48 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 48 Verified (100%);
Product Backlog
All work related to the ongoing development and maintenance of the Firefox Desktop Product are collected and prioritized in the Product Backlog. The goals of the Product Backlog are to:
- Enable work to be prioritized so that the team is always working on the most important features.
- Support continual planning as the product emerges so the plan matches reality.
- Improve forecasts so that the stakeholders make the best decisions about the direction of the product.
The Product Backlog is maintained by the Senior Management team (Chad, Gavin, Madhava) at the Product Backlog Refinement Meeting to ensure new priorities are available for each Sprint Planning meeting.
Product Backlog: View Bugzilla
Backlog Triage
Triage Guidelines
These guidelines should help determine whether a bug should be included in the Firefox desktop team's backlog.
These are guidelines, not strict rules. Ultimately the decision rests on the judgement of the triage teams, and exceptions are possible. They should however be uncommon.
To be included in the Firefox desktop backlog, a bug should:
- be in an actionable state
- for defects, the problem is ready for engineering or UX: diagnosis, measurement, design, or fixing
- for feature requests or enhancements, it means that there's a clear problem statement or suggestion
- have a difficulty/user-impact ratio low enough that we can reasonably expect to spend time fixing the bug within the next 6 months
- this is a judgement call, obviously, and so the triage teams will need to learn to make these decisions over time
- be within the general area of ownership/responsibility of the Firefox team (engineering and UX)
- this means e.g. platform bugs that are outside of our area of expertise/ownership should generally not be added to our backlog
Triage Backlog: View Bugzilla
Adding Bugs to Triage
- Click on 'set flags'
- Set 'firefox-backlog' flag to '?'
- Desktop Triage Team will review for inclusion in the Product Backlog
Iterations
Note: Next update on Tuesday April 29 following the conclusion of Iteration 31.3
The Iteration Backlog is a collection of Work that the team has committed to implement, test and deliver in a two-week iteration.
Current Iteration - 31.3: Tue 04/15/14 - Mon 04/28/14
44 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 44 Verified (100%);
Definition of Done
The Definition of Done ensures a potentially shippable product increment is released at the conclusion of a release cycle.
Potentially Shippable Guidelines:
- Means Tested and Verified
- Mean Incremental Progress
Tested and Verified
Note: Full Desktop Firefox release testing workflow and process - View Detailed Walkthrough
- QA will be flagged to test work marked as 'Resolved' within the iteration.
- Any defects found will 'Reopen' the work subject to testing.
- If QA does not discover any defects the work will be marked as 'Verified'.
- Only 'Verified' work will merge into a build at the conclusion of the release cycle.
Product Increment
- A potentially shippable product increment means compliance with the work's individual acceptance criteria and not the full story under development.
Bugzilla
The following format is used to maintain consistency in how bugs are filed:
- p= (point value assigned to the bug)
- s= (the iteration the bug is being developed in)
- r= (the target release of the bug under development)
- [story] (collection of related bugs required for the completion of a feature)
Roles and Responsibilities
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Communication
General
- Team Mailing list: Firefox/firefox-dev
- Team IRC Channel: #fx-team
Backlog Refinement Meeting
- Time: Thursdays - 12:00 - 1:00 (PST), 3:00 - 4:00 (EST)
- Duration: 1 hour
- Vidyo Room: "Firefox"
- Iteration Backlog: View Priority List
Sprint Planning/Review and Status Meeting
- "Europe" meeting: Time: Tuesdays - 8:00AM - 9:00AM Pacific
- "Eastern" meeting: Time: Tuesdays - 9:30AM - 10:30AM Pacific, 12:30PM - 1:30PM Eastern
- "Pacific" meeting: Time: Tuesdays - 12:30PM - 1:30PM Pacific
- First Tuesday focussed on Sprint Planning/Review.
- Second Tuesday focussed on Team Update.
- Note: The day/time for this meeting is for the initial process launch. When the entire team has been integrated there will be three meeting time slots (European/Eastern/Pacific) on Tuesday.
- Duration: 1 hour
- Vidyo Room: "Firefox"
- Iteration Backlog: View Priority List
- Process Launch Team Members:
- Chad Weiner - Product
- Bryan Clark - Product
- Javaun Moradi - Product
- Tracy Walker - QA
- Juan Becerra - QA
- Anthony Hughes - QA
- Jenn Chaulk - Project
- Lawrence Mandel - Project
- Marco Mucci - Project
- Madhava Enros - UX
- Sevaan Franks - UX
- Jennifer Morrow - UX
- Gavin Sharp - ENG
- Steven MacLeod - ENG
- Felipe Gomes - ENG
- Drew Willcoxon - ENG
- Paolo Amadini - ENG
- Marco Bonardo - ENG
- Asaf Romano - ENG
- Neil Deakin - ENG
- Florian Queze - ENG
Iteration Performance Reports
Note: Next update on Tuesday April 29 following the conclusion of Iteration 31.3
- Iteration 31.2 - Tue 04/01/14 - Mon 04/14/14: View Current Report
- View Report Archive