Release Engineering
Disclaimer
What follows is just "chicken scratchings" for the
LDRD
Final Report.
Grab Bag
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Definition: Is this a product or not?
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2 Extremes with a continuum between:
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Source code for everything, LBNL copyright on all
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Extensions to free packages
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Extensions to commercial packages
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What happens when they die
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"MS Word macros" (analogous to AVS networks) - recipes for using a commercial
package
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Marketing plan
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Who is the audience/user base?
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What does tool/environment do for them?
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What will they do with it?
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IP issues: Who "owns" what?
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Maintanence issues over the life of the "product"
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QA of product: Who does it?
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Bug reporting, fix responsiveness
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Who promotes product?