Meeting Date
Information that is gathered and tabulated in this page will be reviewed in the weekly DMS/SRDP Meeting:
October 7, 2020 1PM EDT / 11AM MDT
Objectives of this Review/Retrospective
- To review processes used in preparation for and during the RH7 (and associated software) upgrade to the VLASS dev/test/prod environments.
- To improve processes as we prepare for future similar work.
- To encourage everyone on the team to engage in process improvement
- To review what went well and what did not
- To identify processes and practices that should either change or be discontinued
- To establish concrete steps to address each item reviewed
Scope of this Review/Retrospective
- Overall upgrade process
- Communication
- Post-upgrade bug identification
- Ongoing development during upgrade.
- Processes used for infrastructure deployment and maintenance in dev, test, and production
Roses and Thorns Retrospective Approach
- Roses: What is working?
- Thorns: What is not working?
- Buds: What opportunities can we explore?
- Fertilizer: Improvements on existing processes, support for new idea
- The list has been structured using a "Roses and Thorns" approach
- The document above is on SharePoint, ready for comments and edits.
- Everyone on the team is encouraged to make edits directly to the document linked above, please forward this request to your team members and leads
- The edited document will be discussed and reviewed in the weekly DMS/SRDP meeting on July 1, 2020
Outcome
There is no pass/fail criteria. An action plan will be incorporated into the document following the meeting and the Project Manager will track and follow up action items.
| ID | Roses | Thorns | Buds | Fertilizer |
| MG-1 | What went well? | What could have gone better? | What opportunities can we explore? | Improvements on existing processes, support for new ideas. |