Meeting Minutes - RyanGuzelian/Alpha_team_soen341project2023 GitHub Wiki

The purpose of this page is to keep track of our team interactions.

Meeting Agenda

  • Roll Call: taking attendance
  • Round Table: working on issues as group, discussing, taking decisions, and monitoring project progress
  • Action Items: assigning tasks to be completed by the following week
  • Retrospective: reflecting and pointing out process improvements

Meeting Log

Template

Alpha_Sprint1_Meeting1_MeetingDate_Jan27

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Created GitHub repository for the project and added team members, professor and TA
  • Selected team/repository name (Alpha)
  • Created first draft of the README.md for the description of the project
  • Chose the MERN stack
  • Created first set of user stories for HirED's core features

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Carry out research on Agile methodologies All members Jan. 31
Write additional user stories All members Jan. 31
Create agile project board Ryan G. Feb. 02

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • All team members are equally engaged in the project

What can be improved?

  • Further discussion regarding how to organize all issues is needed. Long-term consideration need to be taken into account

Alpha_Sprint1_Meeting2_MeetingDate_Feb02

Round Table

  • Added more user stories
  • Added a few tasks for Sprint 2
  • Assigned roles to each team member
  • Discussed the project board and use of milestone

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Revise task breakdown All members Feb. 03

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Efficient planning and time management

What can be improved?

  • Implementing a naming convention (for user stories, tasks, etc.) could be beneficial for the team

Alpha_Sprint1_Meeting3_MeetingDate_Feb03

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Feedback from the client:
  • To add another user to the to user story persona
  • Revised the wiki (meeting minutes page)

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Add individual branches All members Feb 03
Add user story numbers for linking with the tasks All members Feb 03
Add one more user persona All members Feb 03

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Team collaboration and defined user stories

What can be improved?

  • Project board to link user stories with respective tasks for better tracking

Alpha_Sprint2_Meeting4_MeetingDate_Feb21

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Discussed and reassigned tasks for Sprint 2
  • Added story points to the user stories
  • Created non-technical labels and tasks

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Implement technologies for database RG, CG Feb 28
Create front-end components such as home page and client home page MG Feb 28
Discuss format for acceptance tests All members Feb 28
Backend Framework RG, CG Feb 28
Carry out risk comprehensive risk analysis GB Feb 28

What can be improved?

  • Front-end and back-end frameworks both need substantial effort

Alpha_Sprint2_Meeting5_MeetingDate_Feb28

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Added frontend and backend modules to individual branches
  • Added risk analysis and refined issues

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Fix styling for pages MG Feb 28
Add routing to frontend RG Feb 28
Update backend CG Feb 28
Add updates to main branch (merge) All members Feb 28
Add acceptance test to the repository GB Feb 28
Making connection to frontend and backend RG, CG, MG, GB Feb 28

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Errors were resolved in frontend and backend files
  • Routing in frontend pages

What can be improved?

  • Styling in frontend
  • Discussing issues before creating to avoid duplicates

Alpha_Sprint3_Meeting5_MeetingDate_Mar11

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Added remaining core features to the backend
  • Added acceptance test flows for user stories of core features
  • Added user stories and related tasks for type- admin and advisor

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Backend feature: add/create/delete/edit posts CG Mar 24
Backend feature: create posts and apply for them CG Mar 24
Frontend: Add post method to sign up and save user data for sign in page RG Mar 24
Frontend: Add 'Post Job' feature for employers RG Mar 24
Frontend: Display available jobs on 'Explore Jobs' page MG Mar 24
Add Acceptance Test flows for all user stories MG, GB Mar 24

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Backend features : login/sign up and create/edit/delete job postings
  • Available Job postings displayed
  • Post Job feature created. Sign in and sign up pages updated

What can be improved?

  • Styling in frontend
  • Separation of different type of users in frontend

Alpha_Sprint3_Meeting5_MeetingDate_Mar24

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Post and get methods to retrieve and post data from frontend to backend

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Retrieve user data to user profile on 'Profile' page MG Mar 25
Restricting pages access to certain type of user RG Mar 25
core feature: 'Candidate applied' notification to employer RG, CG, MG, GB Mar 25
additional feature: change UI RG, CG, MG, GB Mar 25

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Added open issue to change UI theme (requested by the client)

What can be improved?

  • Creation of additional features in backend and frontend
  • Formatting for 'Explore Jobs' page

Alpha_Sprint3_Meeting5_MeetingDate_Apr07

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Accessibility of individual post
  • Adding of update and delete post feature on backend

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Feature- To be able to apply on posts RG Apr 13
Feature- To be able to change UX (additional) MG, GB Apr 13
Initiate SonarQube integration RG, RL Apr 13
Implementation of update and delete post on backend CG Apr 13

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Implementation of update and delete post feature
  • Implementation of apply to job feature

What can be improved?

  • Frontend Styling
  • SonarQube integration

Alpha_Sprint3_Meeting5_MeetingDate_Apr13

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker Present
Ryan G. Attendee Present
Ruawei L. Attendee Present
Cristian G. Attendee Present
Grecia O. Attendee Present

Round Table

  • Initiated implementation of changing themes
  • Working features in backend

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
Improve change theme feature MG Apr 17
Send Profile edits by user to database RG Apr 17
Frontend Styling MG, GB, CG Apr 17
Sonarqube Integration to be improved RL, RG Apr 17

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • Apply on individual post
  • Change theme feature

What can be improved?

  • Feature- Employer to get notified when applied on their post
  • Feature- Display user data on user profile

Meeting Minutes Template

Roll Call

Team Member Role Attendance
Mansi G. Minute Taker TBD
Ryan G. Attendee TBD
Ruawei L. Attendee TBD
Cristian G. Attendee TBD
Grecia O. Attendee TBD

Round Table

  • TBD

Action Items

Items Assignee Due date
TBD TBD

Retrospective

What was successful so far?

  • TBD

What can be improved?

  • TBD