# Vortex Retro 2019-07-31 [Previous][previous] / [Next][next] Retro ## What is Going Well? - Happy with the work that got done [kc] - Matti's contributions have been big [nc] and I've just really enjoyed working with him [ad] - Team velocity seems to be on a good trend [lm][em] ## What Could Be Improved? - Talking through sprint stories at standup, things seem to be falling through the cracks. [kc][nc] - The time between dev complete and QA testing [nc] - Stories without descriptions or any AC [kc] - Developer status at the end of the day on sprint closure days [lm] - Working through bug backlog. We will start metrics for bugs more than 6 weeks old[lm] - Reduce snow-plowing of stories and bugs [lm] ## What Do We Need to Discuss? - PR prefix(es) still needed? [nc] - New sprint, all stories should get a verification task [nc][lm] ## Actions - **Previous** - Add subtask in stories with “Needs DB reset” [dev team] - **Previous** - Add Green build statuses to PRs [lm] - **Previous** - Upgrade Github to current release [lm] - Add link to build for verification tasks [lm, em] - Tweak/Add any steps to reproduce or test as developers finish stories. [dev team] - Developers to update Louie on last day of sprint. [dev team] - Add bugs to current sprint when we have extra time. [all] - Auto linking between Jira and Github, possibly replacing tags in title [lm] - Add verification tasks for all stories at beginning of sprint [lm, em] - Action Item review meeting mid-sprint. [all] [previous]: https://hackmd.io/@n8io/retro-2019-07-17 [next]: https://hackmd.io/@n8io/retro-2019-08-14