Retrospective Notes 2020.09.17

Previous retrospective notes

• Try recording code chat in upcoming code chat
• Mantid has a week after release to tidy up - Not necessary for us as because of our development management style
• Only run system tests locally if you think it will break the system
• Instrument demo page - One page with headers for each release instead of one per demo meeting.
• Sprint 2020.08.19 went well
• Can change stand up order

Making Review easier

• Suggest classes/files as a starting point
• Leave some tips on reviewing

Undocumented features

• Some tools such as slack were still being used by the IS and the knowledge about the tool was not distributed evenly nor maintained in the wiki
• Document any information/features that you know which could be useful to the team for development/support.

Hard to keep track of support Email (answered/unanswered)

• Possible to remove fluff?
• 5-6 different email for the same topic which is hard to remember (maybe get in touch with Freddie?)

Test environment for our product

• Installing and running script generator was fine on dev machine whereas it failed on user's machine. We should always test the installation process in an environment which better represents a user's machine.
• Careful with acceptance criteria
• Think about pre-requisite

Deciding when to move sprint meetings and prioritise other tasks

• Let others know that you will not be able to attend sprint planning during stand up
• Poll to reschedule sprint meetings