Outbound Channels Retro - 3/4/19 by https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19 en-us 2019-03-02 23:30:36 UTC 2019-03-15 22:21:52 UTC hello@padlet.com What went well? outboundcommteam https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/337166554 2019-03-02 23:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/337166554 What didn't go so well? outboundcommteam https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/337166558 2019-03-02 23:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/337166558 Ideas for improvement outboundcommteam https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/337166570 2019-03-02 23:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/337166570 Team Focus dbusch26 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341915835 How do we make the backlog refinement process better?  How do we limit meetings for everyone and make the meetings everyone needs to be in more focused (stand-ups, refinement, planning, design meetings, etc)

 Some ideas after talking to a few of you this week:
1) Split the team into separate Scrum teams - perhaps by grouping the epics? Or having team members, joining other teams for PCS, Outbound Platform (AWS), etc.
2)  Refinement: Have the SM pre-allocate stories to 1-2 people to "pre-refine" the stories to make sure they basically make sense
3) What does our PO need to "make stories more clear" ?]]> 2019-03-15 19:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341915835 We accomplished a ton of work sbos2 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917156 Props to everyone for the huge amount of tasks completed this sprint to get CCP off the ground and performing well!]]> 2019-03-15 19:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917156 Better workflow on confirming the templates bliu13 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917296 I can talk about it more during our meeting. From a tester point of view. Template is the format of the input for CCP, and that's something should be defined before development. 

I'm also seeing this happening with WeChat also. 

Related with this point. We need more Robb. During this sprint, Robb is almost like the source of truth, therefore like one point failure ]]> 2019-03-15 19:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917296 Missed requirements... again sbos2 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917782 Launch got pushed back again based on missed business requirements. Some ideas for avoiding this in the future: 
1) Create a requirements checklist (similar to the arch review template) and make sure we have answers to all questions before allocating cycles.
2) Clear definition of roles and responsibilities when it comes to requirements gathering. What are the responsibilities of the PM, dev manager, engineers, etc.?]]> 2019-03-15 19:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917782 Great throughput achievement rpatil3 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917832 2019-03-15 19:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917832 CX team changed the requirement set around templates last minute rpatil3 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917948 New campaigns were added after October and no one notified]]> 2019-03-15 19:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341917948 No resource commitment from CX team in Q4 resulting in changes in q1 rpatil3 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341918895 2019-03-15 19:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341918895 Great work by Hakan on OCM rpatil3 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341919221 2019-03-15 19:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341919221 Support from Mark Henry on Reverse proxy rpatil3 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341919410 2019-03-15 19:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341919410 Engineering alignment around implementation with CX eng team was missing rpatil3 https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341919728 Implementation details on EIDs appending wasnt resolved with Jon]]> 2019-03-15 19:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341919728 Kudos to Stephen for making extra mile on improving system performance and stabilization haygun https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341920468 2019-03-15 19:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/outboundcommteam/martech_ob_channels_3_5_19/wish/341920468