05.4 · Capability in Shipping

Release readiness

Making sure a release is ready for users, support and operations before it goes out.

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05.4.1Pre-release QAChecking the product works before users see it.
05.4.2Release notes and communicationTelling users and the team what changed and why it matters.
05.4.3Launch telemetryHaving the tracking and monitoring in place before release.
05.4.4Support readinessPreparing support to handle questions about a new release.
05.4.5Operational readinessChecking capacity, monitoring and fallbacks before launch.

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Where to start

3 resources

docsStart here
Launch coordination checklist ↗
Google SRE · 3 min
The questions to answer before a significant launch, each one earned by a past failure.
docsStart here
Keep a changelog ↗
Olivier Lacan · 10 min
A simple convention for writing change logs for humans, not dumping commit messages.
bookGo deeper
Reliable product launches at scale (Site Reliability Engineering, chapter 27) ↗
Google SRE · 30 min
How Google coordinates launches, from capacity planning to gradual rollouts and checklists.

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