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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)

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Attendees


What went well

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Date Added
Topic
Author
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1/27/21
Great designs
AC
FM
AD
BD
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1/27/21
Organization and overall structure
MJ
PR
Action Item
1/27/21
Backend testing was great
MM
MJ
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1/27/21
Release process
AD
Action Item
1/27/21
Workflow planning
PR
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What needs improvement

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Date Added
Topic
Author
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1/27/21
Better tooling
MM
PR
MJ
+3
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1/27/21
Tighter integrations
BD
MM
MJ
Action Item
1/27/21
More planning during kickoff
BD
AC
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1/27/21
Getting creative involved earlier
MM
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1/27/21
Need experimentation framework
MJ
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Action items

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Task
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Tooling
Need better tools for staging environment
3/9/21
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Tooling
Set up new cadence for communicating out tooling updates
3/10/21
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Tooling
Do analysis of all tools
2/9/21
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Design Confusion
Build plan for testing in production
1/30/21
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Design Confusion
Mobile app click path needs adjustment
2/9/21
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Design Confusion
Keep staging and prod more in sync
3/1/21
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