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How prepared are you at product launch (or major release) time?

Survey period: 7 Nov 2022 to 14 Nov 2022

Time for some brutal honesty here.

OptionVotes% 
Usually everything's well tested, documented, marketing and sales are up to date, and we're ready for any issues6911.75
Most things are under control, but there are the occasional last minute panics23339.69
Generally it's a bit messy. Not everything's fully finished and we're applying duct tape as we roll out of the shop.8915.16
Debacle. Known bugs, missing features, and important functionality simply not complete.183.07
Panic stations. It's never ready. It's never close to being properly ready.61.02
We often don't even have a product at launch time. Just marketing and a fast-talking product manager.40.68
We don't do product launches. It's always incremental11319.25
We don't work on anything that gets 'released' to consumers or organisations.559.37



 
GeneralCustomers are tolerant Pin
trønderen8-Nov-22 7:25
trønderen8-Nov-22 7:25 
GeneralRe: Customers are tolerant Pin
Laiju k9-Nov-22 20:01
professionalLaiju k9-Nov-22 20:01 
GeneralDevelopers are not involved in deployment Pin
PIEBALDconsult8-Nov-22 6:46
mvePIEBALDconsult8-Nov-22 6:46 
Generalway WAY back in the Day Pin
MarkTJohnson8-Nov-22 2:58
professionalMarkTJohnson8-Nov-22 2:58 
GeneralRe: way WAY back in the Day Pin
Juan Pablo Reyes Altamirano8-Nov-22 5:17
Juan Pablo Reyes Altamirano8-Nov-22 5:17 
General99% of the time - no worries Pin
Slacker0078-Nov-22 2:37
professionalSlacker0078-Nov-22 2:37 
GeneralSo i am the only one... Pin
CPallini8-Nov-22 2:02
mveCPallini8-Nov-22 2:02 
GeneralI had to dig deep to find this message (product rollout from 2015) Pin
kmoorevs7-Nov-22 4:21
kmoorevs7-Nov-22 4:21 
GeneralDiminishing returns Pin
lucanor7-Nov-22 3:49
lucanor7-Nov-22 3:49 
GeneralBefore better than now Pin
Nelek6-Nov-22 23:08
protectorNelek6-Nov-22 23:08 
GeneralI can proudly say, I'm very well prepared Pin
Sander Rossel6-Nov-22 22:04
professionalSander Rossel6-Nov-22 22:04 
All projects I've worked on from the beginning went into production without any major issues.
There's always something, especially when switching an entire factory, but nothing that stopped production or couldn't be fixed the same day.

For my current projects, the ones where I'm the only developer, I can do multiple releases a day (and sometimes do).
Only for the really big and scary ones do I tell people to pay extra attention for the day, but it's hardly necessary Big Grin | :-D

I've been on other projects where every release was a hustle and more bugs would be added.
I've even ditched a company altogether because they chose not to involve me (and I fought for it) and then handed me a steaming pile of crap to fix.
One day, the project manager came to me and asked me "Can you make some screenshots of that functionality?"
And I said "No." and he said "Don't be a smartass, three or so should be enough."
"I can't make the screenshots because that functionality does not exist."
"IT DOESN'T!?" Laugh | :laugh:
After I left they never got it fixed and they lost the customer.

GeneralI always worked in safety relevant fields Pin
den2k886-Nov-22 22:02
professionalden2k886-Nov-22 22:02 
GeneralI try, I really do ... Pin
OriginalGriff6-Nov-22 20:21
mveOriginalGriff6-Nov-22 20:21 

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