Production Cycle Standards

A production cycle is composed of Alpha, Beta, RC and then a Production Release. The release monkey must understand how a cycle is composed.

• Alpha Releases are set to be released every other week
  • Alpha is where we introduce new FREQs into the Program

• Beta Releses are set once a week
  • Beta Testing is focused on Bug Fixing

• Release Candidates are set once a week
  • Test for any remaining issue and make sure it's up to our standards for a production release

• First beta is the last one to contain new code features. It is the first 'feature complete' release.

Alpha ----> Beta ---> Release Candidate (RC) ---> Production Release --> Return to Alpha