Honeysuckle - retrospective notes

Technical Leads Q3 2020 Release retrospective

Action Items

#AreaStatusDescriptionNext steps
1Rancher

PENDING

We need to decide how to use large data set and ask this question to CAP teamDiscussion is required
2Technical

IN PROGRESS

Apply Spring instead of RMB to reduce RMB dependency
3Quality

IN PROGRESS

Test automation could help to reduce lead timeCreate integration tests coverage 
4Process

PENDING

Conduct separate discussion around platform changes to answer on question:

How often platform should be released and how to reduce lead time

Discussion is required
5Monitoring & control

OBSERVATION

Don't make breaking changes at the end of release cycle
6Monitoring & control

PENDING

Conduct separate discussion: 
We only identified that mod-user-import was not released in December. 

How can we notice that modules have not been released during the release process?

to schedule session
7Process

PENDING

Make fix version required field
8Process

IN PROGRESS

Review possibility of automation of release process and simplify it.Working on automation for interfaces gathering
9Monitoring & control

IN PROGRESS

Setup notification for "Awaiting release" status to notify module owners about tickets that need to be release
10Process

PENDING

Add policy around changes that could be included in modules versions after release deadline
11Monitoring & control
Prepare stats on percent of changes in each app/module from release to release