{"id":6707,"date":"2018-08-23T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innoroo.com\/blog\/?p=6707"},"modified":"2018-08-06T11:47:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T06:17:25","slug":"long-release-cycle-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innoroo.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/23\/long-release-cycle-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Release Cycle | Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Definition:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Common problem in any organization is always missing deadlines. To be more specific, the releases always occur at a later date than planned. Delays can be a real problem, conflicting with your goals. Let\u2019s say our goal was to focus on customers and maximize \u00a0our revenue, but the delays causes to lose our customers, and messes up with cash flow. To find out the root cause of the delayed releases or long release cycles, we use cause-effective diagrams. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Long release cycles are highlighted with thicker arrows, and the recurring problems are always highlighted in loops. Initially it may take some time, but spotting these problems will greatly increase the probability of solving the problems effectively and permanently. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Some of the reasons why delayed releases happen:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Lack of release automation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Lower priority features not removed from the iteration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Adding more people to the iteration even though they have nothing to do with the problem<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Further Reading:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Book : Lean from the Trenches: Managing large scale projects with Kanban by Henrick Kniberg<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition: Common problem in any organization is always missing deadlines. To be more specific, the releases always occur at a later date than planned. Delays can be a real problem, conflicting with your goals. 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