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