Meeting Minutes for Sprint 4

This page is for recording minutes of daily scrums (stand-up meetings) and side/discussion meetings between Sprint #3 and Sprint #4, including Sprint #4.

December 21, 2020 - January 4, 2021

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Entry Format:

Date (dd-mm-yyyy) | Sprint # | Meeting Goal

Actionable Items for Team | For Team Role | For Clark | For Kelly | For Mansi | For Sana

Notes

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16-12-2020 | Sprint - | Backlog refinement of Flutter investigation/practice tasks

Notes | Began brainstorming different features/security provisions/settings we would like to use in the application and making tasks to investigate and experiment with them.

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18-12-2020 | Sprint - | Continued Backlog Refinement, and Project (Back-End) Progress presentation, discussion with Project Mentor

Scrum notes | Completed brainstorming different tasks related to using Flutter, including how we could use Flutter with automated testing, or if Flutter provides automated testing. Tasks now available under the Issues tab in GitHub.

Mentor meeting notes | We presented our progress with our Client-Server Architecture and Database(s) Interface API to our mentor. Overall, it appears the quality of work is acceptable. For problems we envisioned and had not a solution for (such as communication encryption between the database and mobile device, and information encryption in the database), we received the following suggestions:

1. Rather than developing an external software proxy to divide the mobile device from the database, we could simply use a VPN connection between the device and database
2. We should consider strong encryption schemes when using the VPN, both for the connection and for the stored information
3. We should also consider multi-level authentication with the VPN

We received further suggestions in response to our progress vlogs:

1. Vlogs should be 1080P, else the small images we use aren't easy to see
2. Vlog should contain less images (especially complex ones like the client-server arch.) and more bullet points (in-hand with point 1)
3. We should provide links to GitHub on the slides to complex images, code in question, etc. for person's interested in more information
4. (Team decided) we'll share the slides with the vlogs, sometimes the videos do not make it easy to read slide text/images

Our mentor will be sharing with us encryption schemes we can use alongside VPN. Additionally, we'll follow up with him partway through Sprint 4 when we have work to present and ask questions about.

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22-12-2020 and 25-12-2020 and 29-12-2020 | Sprint 4 | Missed scrum meetings due to exams and holidays

Notes | Did not have scrum on the above-noted days due to exam and holiday timing.

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31-12-2020 | Sprint 4 | Sprint 4

Notes | Discussed work done to set up the Flutter framework. The Lo-Fi and Mid-Fi prototypes have been merged into the codebase. Several design and experimentation tasks are in progress now - the team expects to have the primary goal completed by end-of-sprint.

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5-1-2021 | Sprint 4 | Sprint 4 Review and Retrospective

Notes | Reviewed the work completed for Flutter Framework. Identified that the team has slowed down significantly in progress since December - we'll all need to be more aware of work and do said work now that our deadline is getting closer.

In Retrospective, we identified some minor changes to how we'll work issues - breaking down tasks into a sort of completion order and teaming up with other members for quality assurance. This was a decent Sprint as to completing important tasks. Retrospective to be posted on website.