Software release plan template

Releases go wrong in the gaps between teams: docs that are not ready, support that was not briefed, QA that signed off on the wrong build. This plan gives every team a lane and lines their work up against the engineering milestones, so it is obvious who needs to be done by when.

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Outline

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[*vertical] Release 2.4
- [*horizontal] Engineering
-- Feature freeze
-- [fixes] Bug fixes
-- [rc] Release candidate
-- [deploy *bold] Deploy
- [*horizontal] QA
-- Test plan ::fixes
-- Regression tests ::rc
-- Sign off -Approved>[deploy]
- [*horizontal] Docs
-- Release notes ::rc
-- Help center update ::deploy
- [*horizontal] Support
-- Team briefing ::deploy

Diagram

What's in this template

Engineering, QA, Docs and Support swimlanes
Work in each lane aligned to engineering milestones
A QA sign-off arrow into the bold deploy step

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Line a task up with a milestone by ending it with ::key, like ::rc.
Add your own lane, such as Security or Sales, with - [*horizontal] Lane name.
Keep one project per release and share the link in your release channel.

The full syntax is in the guide.

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