https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3 Lessons Learned en-us 2016-07-26 17:55:25 UTC 2025-12-08 15:44:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117075991 Earlier exposure to the project's domain knowledge was very beneficial to the team's quick ramp-up in the requirements for a projects were two other vendors had failed previously.]]> 2016-07-27 15:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117075991 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117076600 2016-07-27 15:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117076600 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117076624 2016-07-27 15:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117076624 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085209 2016-07-27 18:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085209 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085233 2016-07-27 18:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085233 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085285 2016-07-27 18:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085285 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085300 2016-07-27 18:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085300 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085303 2016-07-27 18:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085303 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085326 2016-07-27 18:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085326 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085369 2016-07-27 18:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085369 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085546 Requirements are detailed and fully vetted]]> 2016-07-27 18:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085546 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085736 It impacts VSP as well to ensure we have secured right resources for the project. This project team selection was great. All senior team members, self-organizing.
Time to bring new blood into VSP for team professional growth]]> 2016-07-27 18:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117085736 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086055 Involving VSP client resources in the project;
Part of the problem & solution. Brings better synergy]]> 2016-07-27 18:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086055 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086187 Team did a great job working with the client resource with PM intervention]]> 2016-07-27 18:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086187 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086391 Completed the project deliverable within the plannned number of iterations.]]> 2016-07-27 18:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086391 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086412 First two 
sprints required a lot of refactoring on UI side.]]> 2016-07-27 18:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086412 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086415 Proven within the first iteration. Amazing. ****]]> 2016-07-27 18:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086415 notivago https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086451 It was very helpful to have dev on theirs side.]]> 2016-07-27 18:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086451 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086457  The systems on which the solution depended on were stable APIs (ClientProduct, etc).]]> 2016-07-27 18:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086457 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086471 The user stories met the definition of readyness. Acceptance scenarios were clearly defined along with the respective test data.]]> 2016-07-27 18:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086471 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086496 2016-07-27 18:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086496 richard_comtois https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086501 Good aquiantace of domain knowledge facilitated story readiness]]> 2016-07-27 18:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086501 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086519 Deskchecks
Partial deskcheck were conducted in a timely manner to de-risk potential re-work. Ie. UI was presented based on mocked data, 
  then later, the JBehave tests were reviewed and the UI was re-deskchecked ONLY if deemed necessary.]]> 2016-07-27 18:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086519 richard_comtois https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086549 2016-07-27 18:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086549 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086551 Decision to create a jBehave steps tailored to our business domain provided VSP to provide their business sign-off.]]> 2016-07-27 18:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086551 richard_comtois https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086567 2016-07-27 18:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086567 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086589 Git pull request via Stash allowed multiple reviewers to provide their respective coide review comments]]> 2016-07-27 18:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086589 notivago https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086606 The stories were neatly organized so that it mad it easy to add the following ones.]]> 2016-07-27 18:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086606 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086609 Stable dedicated resources.]]> 2016-07-27 18:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086609 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086619 There were some challenges with pull requests at the beginning.]]> 2016-07-27 18:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086619 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086631 Transparent communication.]]> 2016-07-27 18:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086631 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086644  Identified bugs which where not get surfaced using jBehave]]> 2016-07-27 18:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086644 richard_comtois https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086655 Less was more for her. Even though the project was smooth. Building relationship was difficult ]]> 2016-07-27 18:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086655 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086656 VSP appreciated the though put in to improve the user's UI experience]]> 2016-07-27 18:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086656 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086672 Because VSP were an integral part of the Development Team, no technical knowledge transfer was required at the end of the project]]> 2016-07-27 18:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086672 notivago https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086690 2016-07-27 18:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086690 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086698 The team had a good initial kowledge of VSP's Product domain.]]> 2016-07-27 18:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086698 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086714 Smooth delivery overall. The team picked up user stories based on the PO's prioritized MVP user stories.]]> 2016-07-27 18:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086714 notivago https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086729 Brainstorming different approaches, adjusted approachjed and finally everything worked out]]> 2016-07-27 18:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086729 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086747 It took a few iterations before we got comfortable with necessary code baseline, manual merges etc. to falicitate the code review process.]]> 2016-07-27 18:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086747 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086753 Not many blockers or impediments during the project]]> 2016-07-27 18:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086753 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086776 Dev resources were required to create the jBehave DSL steps to comply to the business terminology]]> 2016-07-27 18:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086776 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086784 jBehave custom DSL framework introduced false positives. At two instances, the tests were passing because the step was incorrrectly implemented.

Good: Spot checks helped to prevent this
Look at testing approach and fill QA resource with right skill set]]> 2016-07-27 18:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117086784 https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087256 We helped each other out to meet the delivery of our committed user stories.]]> 2016-07-27 18:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087256 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087272 2016-07-27 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087272 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087372 2016-07-27 19:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087372 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087758 2016-07-27 19:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087758 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087874 * Clear Business Requirements
* Architecure
* Self-orgaining team

]]> 2016-07-27 19:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117087874 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088029 *]]> 2016-07-27 19:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088029 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088055 Improved from sprint to sprint. Team acted on them]]> 2016-07-27 19:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088055 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088291 ???]]> 2016-07-27 19:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088291 rneni https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088391 2016-07-27 19:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rneni/z6iipudeknq3/wish/117088391