Sprint 3 Kickoff

Weekly Team Sync - Project Phoenix

April 10, 2026 - 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Attendance

  • Alice Chen - Team Lead
  • Bob Martinez - Backend Developer
  • Carol Nguyen - Frontend Developer
  • David Kim - QA Engineer
  • Eve Johnson - Designer
  • Absent: Frank Patel (excused)

Agenda

  1. Review action items from Sprint 2 retro
  2. Demo of new search feature
  3. Discuss database migration timeline
  4. Assign Sprint 3 tasks
  5. Open floor for questions

Old Business

Sprint 2 Action Items
  • Login page redesign - Eve presented the updated mockups. Team approved the new layout. Status: Complete.
  • API rate-limiting bug - Bob confirmed the fix was deployed on April 8. No further issues reported. Status: Complete.
  • Unit test coverage target (80%) - David noted coverage is currently at 74%. Remaining tests will carry over into Sprint 3. Status: In Progress.

New Business

Search Feature Demo

Carol demoed the new full-text search feature on the staging environment. Key takeaways:

  • Search results load in under 200ms on average
  • Filters for date range and category are working
  • Accessibility audit still pending - assigned to Eve

Database Migration Timeline

Bob proposed migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL during the April 20-22 maintenance window. The team discussed risks:

  1. Backup and rollback plan needs to be documented
  2. Staging migration dry-run scheduled for April 17
  3. Alice will notify stakeholders by end of week

Sprint 3 Task Assignments

  • Finish remaining unit tests - David (High priority)
  • Search accessibility audit - Eve (Medium priority)
  • Write migration rollback script - Bob (High priority)
  • Update user docs for search - Carol (Low priority)

Comments & Questions

  • David: "Can we get a shared testing account for the staging DB?" - Alice will set it up by Monday.
  • Eve: "Should the search results page match the new design system or the old one?" - Team agreed to use the new design system.
  • Carol: Suggested adding keyboard shortcuts for power users. Will create a ticket for Sprint 4.

Whiteboard Diagram

Whiteboard sketch of system architecture from the meeting

Audio Recording

Recording of the full meeting:

Video Recording

Video clip from the meeting: