[Webtest] [dev] roadmap or who is doing what

[Paul King]

Dierk Koenig wrote:
>>I still think more frequent releases might help.
> 
> 
> I agree.
> 
> What timeframe do you have in mind (weeks or so)?
> 
> cheers
> Mittie

I think something like 3-6 months for each release
with the ability to release quicker if we need (e.g.
to fix some serious problem or if a large amount
of functionality was added at a particular point
in time). I am not religious about the exact time
but that timeframe feels about right to me for what
I think will benefit us and our customers the most.

My thinking regarding benefits to customers:

Early adopters are always going to go for the latest
release and they will be happy to do their planning
based on CVS histories and their own debugging.
However, the rest of WebTest's customer base
probably need to plan introduction of new versions
of software and having releases allows all concerned
to gain confidence in the functionality that particular
releases provide and better plan migration to particular
releases.

My thinking regarding benefits to us:

Having a release gives us the chance to pause from
our normal "add a feature because I need it" approach
and think through what makes sense to include in a
release and force us to try to get our house in order.
It also allows us to prioritise issues by releases.
We can allocate fixes to particular releases and know
what is coming up. It also gives us a greater ability
to celebrate our achievements if we choose.

Cheers,

Paul.