Summary

Terms

1. Quality levels
   Reliable software, sustainable software and disposable software; see Release charter.

2. Stories types
   Business stories and technical stories; see Work Breakdown.

3. Estimates overheads
   Communication overhead and excellence overhead; see Work Breakdown.

Activities

Release startup includes the following steps:

1. Analysis
   Focuses on requirements. Produces a release charter.

2. Design
   Focuses on design. Produces an architecture description and a work breakdown.

3. Estimation
   Focuses on estimates. Produces a refined work breakdown.

Minor features, that does not require a release charter, may use a change request that includes traits of an architecture description and a work breakdown.