Launch week

Launch WeekFlippin switches, rollin back, the freeze, and oh so much more!

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Launch Plan

» High Level!

» Client sees in discovery

» Intro to our process

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Launch Checklist

» The kitchen sink of launch tasks

» Very detailed

» Assigns Tasks

» Includes days leading to launch

» Live document “war room”

» Details rollback plan

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Don’t Think. Just Do.Minimize Murphy’s Law

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Feature Complete

» Features are done

» “Could launch”

» Testing time! (Functional and Design)

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Code Freeze

» “Pencils DOWN”

» S1 only!

» Let it bake

» Possibly on a non-live production system

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Code Freeze

» Final stress tests

» Change is DANGEROUS

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Flip the Switch

» Small: change the DNS

» Medium: update the code on production

» Large: full stack swap

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Roll back

» Code

» Data (might lose some)

» Downtime

» Not easy

» Angry client

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Thanks!

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