Retro: April 15, 2022
- documentation communicating of process
- standardization on spec process will be helpful (checking for holes in designs/specs)
- Rage has really reveled some kinks in our process setting us up for rage
- Progress on sage has been great
- Dragon planning / process getting smoother
- pm process is getting light and i was able to spend more time on dev
- Working openly and creating processes as a team that align with larger DAO principles
- Overall communication is pretty good
- Communication between devs and design improving
- Dev/Design unblocked
- Meeting structure & efficiency
- keeping a good cadence. impressed with what's shipped so far. feels like we're a tiny bit ahead of schedule, therefore doing a wee bit more stretch goals.
- Kanban and wiki are working for me
- Aligning on importance of creating solid foundations (component library/pattern library, SDK/data package, etc.)
- app/lib ownership setup. and summon/hub parallel dev.
- Beginning to identify product squads/point people for each area
- bare necessities are being met
- Loving the unified approach we're all taking & Operating from a place of trust and shared values
- We are aware of the problems
- We're identifying problems early on and making resolutions and process improvements as we go
- Challenges are top of mind are addressed.
- confidence is growing
- Putting things in place as we go without them needing to be perfect: focus on iteration
- people are taking ownership of their responsibilities
- people are driving the bus and filling in when something needs
- great contributors are committing
- generally community is working very well together. learning, building, growing together.
- (hopefully) people feel that their concerns are heard and that everyone can voice feedback on process and building
- you people are working!
- more async communication
- moar docs always
- Having trouble following the GitHub notifications as they are mixed across a bunch of other projects
- Flexibility in Kanban
- Need to graduate out of this messy early project phase.
- Need to improve speed with which I'm able to spec and create cards
- Figure out more streamlined new contributor on-boarding
- Key Roles vs Responsibilities
- moar design to rangers
- Making sure that we keep culture and systems where folks are able to self-assign and work on what they want
- Ensuring my action items from meetings are followed up on
- PMs need to occasionally raise objections/concerns
- Team alignment on Rage vs Sage
- Get into a sage cadence and tighten collab between parallel teams
- We'll need tighter integrations/rules/standards in Sage
- moar collab with other teams/projects
- Deferring to next meeting, next week.
- Time balance and supporting need for more focused work
- we all should make sure devs have everything they need
- Get a clearer idea of the needs from design team for the upcoming few weeks
- PMs now to run interference on any potential distractions for devs
- turn off discord when in the flow
- Greater visibility in work completed and work that is expected to be done in a longer time horizon
- Thinking of work areas mapped over longer time frame
- Need to find more time for product-level thinking
- uno mas product designer
