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Release milestones and their associated tasks, are used to track the status of the release. The milestones and management tasks used in the release process are described in the table below.
| Milestone | Milestone Name | Description | Timeline |
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| Kickoff - M0 | Start of release cycle. |
| M0 |
| M1 | Initiate Commonalities & ICM | - Scope of Work Products clarified.
- Identify commonalities work products.
- Create initial PRs for commonalities.
- Agree on the scope of commonalities.
- TSC Approval.
| M0 + 2 week |
| M2 | Finalize Commonalities & ICM | - Release of Commonalities.
- Complete initial PR reviews.
- TSC Approval.
| M1 + 7 weeks |
| M3 | Initiate Sub-Projects / APIs | - Scope Request to Sub-Projects / APIs.
- Determine requirements for 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.
- Identify release candidates for sub-projects/APIs.
| M1 + 6 weeks |
| M4 | Finalize Sub-projects / APIs | - Release of Sub-Projects / APIs.
- Testing & Acceptance.
- Conduct testing.
- Evaluate acceptance criteria.
- Code Freeze
| M3 + 8 weeks |
| M5 | Meta Release | - Bundle & publish release
- Common Release Date ("packaging done for the community release").
| M4 + 2 weeks |
| M6 | Post- Release | - Review release process and identify areas for improvement.
- Release Retro.
- TSC Approval.
| M5 + 2 weeks |
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