Updated table of CAMARA Release Process

WIP

The first table on this page - proposal is that it replaces the table on CAMARA Release Process page.

The tables below it are the ORIGINAL and other attempts, so-far not-retained reformatting of the table.

LATEST move milestone name to Actions column

Milestone / start date	Actors & Actions for next milestone	Timeline	Week Nr
pre-M0	Release Management Prepare meta-release page Request TSC to declare kickoff Commonalities & ICM (from previous M2) Prepare release scope definition for meta-release. TSC Declare meta-release kickoff
M0	Meta-release kickoff	M0	0
starts @ M0	Release Management (before M0) Send kick-off message to release@lists.camaraproject.org Notify Outreach Committee Commonalities & ICM Finalize release scope definition for meta-release. Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue. Submit scope issue for TSC review Develop Commonalities & ICM scope through one or more alpha release(s) Update data in the meta-release plan with each alpha release Submit final alpha releases PRs for TSC review: If OK: create final alpha release for Commonalities & ICM Send Commonalitie & ICM alpha release message to release@lists.camaraproject.org TSC Review final alpha releases PRs of Commonalities & ICM	2 weeks
M1	Alpha Commonalities & ICM	M0 + 2 weeks	2
starts @ M1	Commonalities & ICM Fix bugs raised by users through one or more release-candidates Update release tracker on target meta-release page with each release-candidate Submit final release-candidates PRs for TSC approval If approved: Create final release-candidates for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release PR for Commonalities & ICM for M5 TSC Approval of final release-candidates PRs of Commonalities & ICM	10 weeks
M2	Release-candidate Commonalities & ICM	M1 + 10 weeks	12
starts @ M1	API Sub-projects Define scope of API release. Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue. Submit scope for TSC review Create API release tracker for the API version Develop API scope through one or more alpha release(s) Update the API release tracker with each alpha release Submit final alpha API release PR for TSC review: If OK: create final alpha releases for the API TSC Review final alpha API release PR	8 weeks
M3	Alpha APIs	M1 + 8 weeks	10
starts @ M3	API Sub-projects Fix bugs raised by API testers through one or more release-candidates Update API release tracker with each release-candidate Submit final API release-candidates PR for TSC approval If approved: Create final API release-candidate Prepare API public-release PR for M5 TSC Approval of final API release-candidate PR	10 weeks
M4	Release-candidate APIs	M3 + 10 weeks	20
starts @ M2 for Commonalities & ICM starts @ public-release PR for an API	Release Management (this can start for each item, whenever the item public-release PR is made available) For Commonalities and ICM, check that all release assets are available in the public-release PR If OK: approve creation of public-release of Commonalities and ICM For each API release-candidate, check that all release assets are available in the API public-release PR Propose meta-release content to TSC On TSC approval, notify approval on release@lists.camaraproject.org notify Outreach Committee publish the meta-release information send meta-release announcement to all CAMARA TSC: Meta-release approval Commonalities & ICM Publish new release through approved PR Update public-release information on meta-release plan API Sub-projects Publish new API release through approved PR Update API release tracker to reflect public-release API version & tag	2 weeks
M5	Meta-release	M4 + 2 weeks	22
starts @ M5	Release Management Review release process with teams and identify areas for improvement. Propose improvements for TSC approval TSC Meta-release improvements approval.	2 weeks
M6	Post Release	M5 + 2 weeks	24

ORIGINAL

Milestone	Milestone Name	Actions to achieve milestone	Timeline	Week number
Kickoff - M0	Start of release cycle.		M0	0
M1	Initiate Commonalities & ICM	Scope of Work Products clarified and recorded in dedicated issue. Identify commonalities work products. Create alpha release for Commonalities & ICM Create initial PRs for commonalities. Agree on the scope of commonalities. TSC review.	M0 + 2 week	2
M2	Finalize Commonalities & ICM	Create release-candidate for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release for Commonalities & ICM. Complete initial PR reviews. TSC Approval.	M1 + 10 weeks	12
M3	Initiate Sub-projects / APIs	Scope Request to Sub-Projects / APIs. Determine requirements for Sub-projects / APIs. Create PRs for Sub-projects / APIs. Review and finalize PRs. Confirm scope of Sub-projects / APIs Define API test cases. Define acceptance criteria. Create alpha release for for Sub-projects / APIs.	M1 + 8 weeks	10
M4	Finalize Sub-projects / APIs	Conduct testing and log test result. Evaluate and log acceptance criteria. Code Freeze Create release-candidate for Sub-Projects / APIs. Prepare public-release for Sub-Projects / APIs. Request approval of Sub-projects / APIs to Release Management WG for meta-release	M3 + 10 weeks	20
M5	Meta Release	Determine the acceptance of the release-candidates for inclusion in the meta-release Bundle & publish meta-release TSC Approval Publish meta-release	M4 + 2 weeks	22
M6	Post- Release	Review release process and identify areas for improvement. Release Retro. Inputs from Sub Projects TSC Approval.	M5 + 2 weeks	24

(back to 1 column for actions) add actor and split groups of actions per actore

Milestone	Actors & Actions for next milestone	Timeline	Week Nr
M0 - meta-release kickoff		M0	0
	Release Management Prepare meta-release page Commonalities & ICM Define scope of release. Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue. Submit scope for TSC review Develop Commonalities & ICM scope through one or more alpha release(s) Update release tracker on target meta-release page with each alpha release Submit final alpha releases PRs for TSC review: If OK: create final alpha releases for Commonalities & ICM TSC Review final alpha releases PRs of Commonalities & ICM	2 weeks
M1 - Draft Commonalities & ICM		M0 + 2 weeks	2
	Commonalities & ICM Fix bugs raised by users through one or more release-candidates Update release tracker on target meta-release page with each release-candidate Submit final release-candidates PRs for TSC approval If approved: Create final release-candidates for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release PR for Commonalities & ICM for M5 TSC Approval of final release-candidates PRs of Commonalities & ICM	10 weeks
M2 - Final Commonalities & ICM		M1 + 10 weeks	12
	API Sub-projects Define scope of API release. Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue. Submit scope for TSC review Create API release tracker for the API version Develop API scope through one or more alpha release(s) Update the API release tracker with each alpha release Submit final alpha API release PR for TSC review: If OK: create final alpha releases for the API TSC Review final alpha API release PR	8 weeks
M3 - Draft APIs		M1 + 8 weeks	10
	API Sub-projects Fix bugs raised by API testers through one or more release-candidates Update API release tracker with each release-candidate Submit final API release-candidates PR for TSC approval If approved: Create final API release-candidate Prepare API public-release PR for M5 TSC Approval of final API release-candidate PR	10 weeks
M4 - Final APIs		M3 + 10 weeks	20
	Release Management For Commonalities and ICM, check that all release assets are available in the public-release PR If OK: approve creation of public-release of Commonalities and ICM For each API release-candidate, check that all release assets are available in the API public-release PR Propose meta-release content to TSC TSC meta-release approval Publish the meta-release	2 weeks
M5 - Meta Release		M4 + 2 weeks	22
	Release Management Review release process and identify areas for improvement. Release Retro. Get inputs from Sub Projects TSC Approval.	2 weeks
M6 - Post Release		M5 + 2 weeks	24

ORIGINAL

Milestone	Milestone Name	Actions to achieve milestone	Timeline	Week number
Kickoff - M0	Start of release cycle.		M0	0
M1	Initiate Commonalities & ICM	Scope of Work Products clarified and recorded in dedicated issue. Identify commonalities work products. Create alpha release for Commonalities & ICM Create initial PRs for commonalities. Agree on the scope of commonalities. TSC review.	M0 + 2 week	2
M2	Finalize Commonalities & ICM	Create release-candidate for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release for Commonalities & ICM. Complete initial PR reviews. TSC Approval.	M1 + 10 weeks	12
M3	Initiate Sub-projects / APIs	Scope Request to Sub-Projects / APIs. Determine requirements for Sub-projects / APIs. Create PRs for Sub-projects / APIs. Review and finalize PRs. Confirm scope of Sub-projects / APIs Define API test cases. Define acceptance criteria. Create alpha release for for Sub-projects / APIs.	M1 + 8 weeks	10
M4	Finalize Sub-projects / APIs	Conduct testing and log test result. Evaluate and log acceptance criteria. Code Freeze Create release-candidate for Sub-Projects / APIs. Prepare public-release for Sub-Projects / APIs. Request approval of Sub-projects / APIs to Release Management WG for meta-release	M3 + 10 weeks	20
M5	Meta Release	Determine the acceptance of the release-candidates for inclusion in the meta-release Bundle & publish meta-release TSC Approval Publish meta-release	M4 + 2 weeks	22
M6	Post- Release	Review release process and identify areas for improvement. Release Retro. Inputs from Sub Projects TSC Approval.	M5 + 2 weeks	24

Insert separate milestone lines

Milestone	Milestone Name	Actions to achieve next milestone	Timeline	Week number
Kickoff - M0	Start of release cycle.		M0	0
		Scope of Work Products clarified and recorded in dedicated issue. Identify commonalities work products. Create alpha release for Commonalities & ICM Create initial PRs for commonalities. Agree on the scope of commonalities. TSC review.	2 weeks
M1	Initiate Commonalities & ICM		M0 + 2 weeks	2
		Create release-candidate for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release for Commonalities & ICM. Complete initial PR reviews. TSC Approval.	10 weeks
M2	Finalize Commonalities & ICM		M1 + 10 weeks	12
		Scope Request to Sub-Projects / APIs. Determine requirements for Sub-projects / APIs. Create PRs for Sub-projects / APIs. Review and finalize PRs. Confirm scope of Sub-projects / APIs Define API test cases. Define acceptance criteria. Create alpha release for for Sub-projects / APIs.	8 weeks
M3	Initiate Sub-projects / APIs		M1 + 8 weeks	10
		Conduct testing and log test result. Evaluate and log acceptance criteria. Code Freeze Create release-candidate for Sub-Projects / APIs. Prepare public-release for Sub-Projects / APIs. Request approval of Sub-projects / APIs to Release Management WG for meta-release	10 weeks
M4	Finalize Sub-projects / APIs		M3 + 10 weeks	20
		Determine the acceptance of the release-candidates for inclusion in the meta-release Bundle & publish meta-release TSC Approval Publish meta-release	2 weeks
M5	Meta Release		M4 + 2 weeks	22
		Review release process and identify areas for improvement. Release Retro. Inputs from Sub Projects TSC Approval.	2 weeks
M6	Post- Release		M5 + 2 weeks	24

separate action in 2 columns (but would need a 3rd for RM actions)

Milestone	Milestone Name	Actions Commonalities & ICM	Actions API Sub-projects	Timeline	Week Nr
Kickoff - M0	Start of meta-release			M0	0
		Scope of Work Products clarified and recorded in dedicated issue. Identify commonalities work products. Create alpha release for Commonalities & ICM Create initial PRs for commonalities. Agree on the scope of commonalities. TSC review.		2 weeks
M1	Initial Commonalities & ICM			M0 + 2 weeks	2
		Create release-candidate for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release for Commonalities & ICM. Complete initial PR reviews. TSC Approval.		10 weeks
M2	Final Commonalities & ICM			M1 + 10 weeks	12
			Scope Request to Sub-Projects / APIs. Determine requirements for Sub-projects / APIs. Create PRs for Sub-projects / APIs. Review and finalize PRs. Confirm scope of Sub-projects / APIs Define API test cases. Define acceptance criteria. Create alpha release for for Sub-projects / APIs.	8 weeks
M3	Initial Sub-projects / APIs			M1 + 8 weeks	10
			Conduct testing and log test result. Evaluate and log acceptance criteria. Code Freeze Create release-candidate for Sub-Projects / APIs. Prepare public-release for Sub-Projects / APIs. Request approval of Sub-projects / APIs to Release Management WG for meta-release	10 weeks
M4	Final Sub-projects / APIs			M3 + 10 weeks	20
			Determine the acceptance of the release-candidates for inclusion in the meta-release Bundle & publish meta-release TSC Approval Publish meta-release	2 weeks
M5	Meta Release			M4 + 2 weeks	22
		Review release process and identify areas for improvement. Release Retro. Inputs from Sub Projects TSC Approval.		2 weeks
M6	Post Release			M5 + 2 weeks	24

merge milestone and milestone name columns

Milestone	Actions Commonalities & ICM	Actions API Sub-projects	Timeline	Week Nr
M0 - meta-release kickoff			M0	0
	Scope of Work Products clarified and recorded in dedicated issue. Identify commonalities work products. Create alpha release for Commonalities & ICM Create initial PRs for commonalities. Agree on the scope of commonalities. TSC review.		2 weeks
M1 - Initial Commonalities & ICM			M0 + 2 weeks	2
	Create release-candidate for Commonalities & ICM Prepare public-release for Commonalities & ICM. Complete initial PR reviews. TSC Approval.		10 weeks
M2 - Final Commonalities & ICM			M1 + 10 weeks	12
		Scope Request to Sub-Projects / APIs. Determine requirements for Sub-projects / APIs. Create PRs for Sub-projects / APIs. Review and finalize PRs. Confirm scope of Sub-projects / APIs Define API test cases. Define acceptance criteria. Create alpha release for for Sub-projects / APIs.	8 weeks
M3 - Initial Sub-projects / APIs			M1 + 8 weeks	10
		Conduct testing and log test result. Evaluate and log acceptance criteria. Code Freeze Create release-candidate for Sub-Projects / APIs. Prepare public-release for Sub-Projects / APIs. Request approval of Sub-projects / APIs to Release Management WG for meta-release	10 weeks
M4 - Final Sub-projects / APIs			M3 + 10 weeks	20
		Determine the acceptance of the release-candidates for inclusion in the meta-release Bundle & publish meta-release TSC Approval Publish meta-release	2 weeks
M5 - Meta Release			M4 + 2 weeks	22
	Review release process and identify areas for improvement. Release Retro. Inputs from Sub Projects TSC Approval.		2 weeks
M6 - Post Release			M5 + 2 weeks	24

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