Task: Sprint 7 Retrospective, Sprint 8 Planning

[DeeMcCart]

EPIC: Agile

Assumptions:

• Following agile methodology for this project
• Closing out (weekly) sprint should be done with a retrospective
• Planning of next sprint should be done with backlog grooming and deciding which tasks to move to 'to do' for this sprint

Acceptance Criteria

• Sprint7 closed off (this happens automatically when using iterations)
• Any issues which were linked to Sprint7 but not in 'Done' status reviewed and
• moved to next sprint for completion of outstanding tasks
• OR if the acceptance criteria is met and tasks done, but there are issues, then log the issues as a bug and closeout the original UserStory/ task
• got to respect timeboxing and not try to complete any tiny outstanding items from previous Sprint in Sprint 8. The time has passed so now deal with any hangover items in CURRENT sprint

Tasks

• [x] Task1 Retrospective
• [x] Task2 Backlog grooming
• [x] Task3 Sprint Planning and issue prioritisation

[DeeMcCart]

SPRINT7 RETROSPECTIVE:

During sprint7, most issues took considerably longer than estimated. Very much due to an incomplete understanding of the Django framework. I applied my previous-life database understanding and worked around to achieve some of the things that needed doing, but it was a brute force attempt to resolve problems encountered rather than following best Django practices. Eventually went back to using instructional videos and achieved MOST of what had been set out for the sprint. Added new custom field time_taken to measure gap between story points planned and time spent for this sprint.

First is the burndown chart by EPIC - This shows that I completed 30SPs of work towards 'Personal Financial Plan' during Sprint7. Viewing by EPIC allows me to broadly see what themes I was working against.

And here is the burndown chart by Label - this is useful as it shows 26 SPs of Should-haves and 6 SPs of could-haves so moving from higher-priority to lower-priority items (no must-haves in this sprint).

Note that Milestone for Release 1: Personal Finance Planner has passed on 11/11/23 however not all the tasks needed to achieve this (cross-reference by epic 'Personal Finance Planner' yet achieved.

SPRINT8 PLANNING:

10 days to go until project delivery. Still considerable work to do on site functionality, site navigation and look & feel. Also need to cover off testing and documentation - although I have been testing each element of functionality as I went and collating screenprints, generally posting them as 'proof' below the user story/issue comment.

Have worked through the backlog and assigned higher-priority items at the top. Likely there wil be bug fixes included in this sprint, will see as I go...... it may also be necessary to redesign some of the data retrieval methods as these are not optimal. Will see how the sprint does. 39 SPs already assigned in sprint8.