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Derek Strickland
Derek Strickland

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Release Day Observations

  • Release Day is the great unwinding of all your back/neck muscles that have, for the past several weeks, been strung together into series of nerve connected Gordian Knots
  • Release Day never goes as expected
  • Not going as expected doesn't always mean bad
  • Release Day nearly always results in realization of previously unrecognized downstream enablement tasks
  • Users don't remember if you released on time
  • Users totally remember if you released a bad experience
  • Your manager totally remembers if you released on time
  • Time available before release will never exceed work available for said release because inevitably someone, perhaps even you, will suggest adding something since there is perceived "extra time"
  • Release Day should always be, but is rarely ever, followed by Release Recovery Week

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