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Product Development - planning a minor / dot release - Challenges

Filed Under Minor Release, Dot Release, Product, Problems, Issues, Development | Posted on October 17, 2008

In the last post, I had talked about why a minor (dot) release is needed, as well as some of the reasons as to why doing a dot release is an inconvenience. However, if the decision has been made to do a dot release, then it is necessary to understand the process of planning and […]

Product Development - Doing a patcher or a minor release

Filed Under Minor Release, Patch, Product, Development | Posted on September 25, 2008

When doing the planning for a new version of the product (not typically applicable when creating a new product), it sometimes becomes necessary to consider the case of doing a patcher or a minor release (also known as dot release).
Picture this scenario - your product development team has already started planning for the features that […]