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Process

Purpose

You should all be very proud of your parts in contributing to the release. Let’s use this time to reflect on what worked and what didn’t so that we can act accordingly as we iterate on this project and take on new ones in the future.

Timing: 40 - 45 mins


Acknowledgements (1 min)

Take a minute to appreciate this accomplishment. This was a game changing feature. There were a bunch of things going on and there were resource constraints and reorgs and we still shipped as planned. You should all be proud.

Rules of Engagement (1 min)

Actions and outcomes – not about specific people.
Continuous improvement and share whatever you think will help the team improve.
Set the boundary of your discussion

What went well? (10 min)

What worked well for you or the launch?
What was smooth and outlined well?

What needs improvement? (10 min)

What is lacking?
What did you not enjoy?

Voting (5 min)

Vote for your top 1 in each bucket

Next steps (5 min)

Distribute the list
Add action items (scroll to the bottom)

Attendees

AD
Adam Davis
AC
Alan Chowansky
BM
Brian Matlock
BD
Buck Dubois
FM
Felix Marlin
MM
Maria Marquis
MJ
Mary Jones
PR
Polly Rose

What went well

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Done
Date Added
Topic
Author
Vote
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1
1/27/21
Great designs
FM
Felix Marlin
AC
FM
AD
BD
Action Item
2
1/27/21
Organization and overall structure
Lola Tseudonym
MJ
PR
Action Item
3
1/27/21
Backend testing was great
BD
Buck Dubois
MM
MJ
Action Item
4
1/27/21
Release process
AD
Adam Davis
AD
Action Item
5
1/27/21
Workflow planning
Lola Tseudonym
PR
Action Item
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What needs improvement

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Done
Date Added
Topic
Author
Vote
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1
1/27/21
Better tooling
BD
Buck Dubois
MM
PR
MJ
+3
Action Item
2
1/27/21
Tighter integrations
AD
Adam Davis
BD
MM
MJ
Action Item
3
1/27/21
More planning during kickoff
PR
Polly Rose
BD
AC
Action Item
4
1/27/21
Getting creative involved earlier
AC
Alan Chowansky
MM
Action Item
5
1/27/21
Need experimentation framework
MJ
Mary Jones
MJ
Action Item
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Action items

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Topic
Task
Assigned
Due Date
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1
Tooling
Need better tools for staging environment
BD
Buck Dubois
3/9/21
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2
Tooling
Set up new cadence for communicating out tooling updates
AD
Adam Davis
PR
Polly Rose
MJ
Mary Jones
3/10/21
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3
Tooling
Do analysis of all tools
FM
Felix Marlin
2/9/21
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4
Design Confusion
Build plan for testing in production
BD
Buck Dubois
MM
Maria Marquis
1/30/21
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5
Design Confusion
Mobile app click path needs adjustment
PR
Polly Rose
AC
Alan Chowansky
2/9/21
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6
Design Confusion
Keep staging and prod more in sync
AC
Alan Chowansky
MM
Maria Marquis
3/1/21
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