# Vortex Retro 2019-09-25 [Previous][previous] / [Next][next] Retro ## Prior Action Items - **Ongoing** - Reach out to Zeal devs early and often. [dev team] - **Longstanding** - Action Item review meeting mid-sprint. [all] - **Longstanding** - Auto linking between Jira and Github, possibly replacing tags in title [lm] - **Longstanding** - Add Green build statuses to PRs [lm] - **Longstanding** - Upgrade Github to current release [lm] ## What is Going Well? - Thoroughness of AC much improved [nc][rc][ms] - Team Velocity [lm] - So many done stories coming into Review meeting [kc] - Having Carter in Planning/Review meetings [kc][mm][ms] ## What Could Be Improved? - Brittle DX on Windows causing major slowdowns [nc] - Dev complete stories sitting idle for several days [nc] - Measuring velocity per-developer instead of per-team introduces the wrong kinds of incentives and is counter-productive [rc][nc][ms] - Getting test protocols in verify tasks completed early [lm] - Not overloading verification at end of sprint [mm] ## What Do We Need to Discuss? - Do new TickerTape features automatically apply to both Reports and Excel export? [rc][ms] - Workspaces in yarn and their effect on build [mm] - Move verify tickets to following sprint to reduce buildup and pressure on verification? [mm] - Tagging BEC team on code reviews [lm] (http://svusftcgit/Vortex/vortex-frontend/pull/247) [rc] - Designs are there for reference no for exact implementation [kc] - React router upgrade to hooks [mm] - Onboarding doc and code style styleguide to prevent some of thethe issues we saw [mm] ## Action Items - Add two swim lanes in Jira "Ready for Build" & "Ready for Test" [lm] - Story to add summary analog data to Excel Export [lm] - Onboarding Doc [mm][dh][lm] [previous]: https://hackmd.io/@n8io/retro-2019-09-11 [next]: https://hackmd.io/@n8io/retro-2019-10-09