Frequent Delivery Migration October 2021 International Edition Release Schedule - INTERNAL

Authoring begins for October 2021 International release.

Check for and request updates to validation to align with large scale changes to content development (e.g. axiom, GCI, concrete domains etc).

No further batch loads or bulk updates.

No further promotion for projects that have large scale changes for example promotion from the Community Content or changes to foundational hierarchies likely to have impact across other content.

Cross check that all MRCM changes have been made and the associated content changes completed (i.e. no MRCM errors on Main). No further changes to MRCM.

Create the module dependency records for the next release.

Last day to launch a new task in the authoring platform intended for the current release cycle.

Last day for the Content team to promote any changes intended for release in the current editing cycle.

Content review for conflict with LOINC agreement.

Lockdown of project promotion via INFRA ticket (midnight UTC)

Content release manager final content review and validation in the current release branch:

• Confirm root concept has been updated - October 2021 release.
• Review RVF report.
• Review MRCM report.
• Check the exceptions list for all components listed during the current release cycle.
• Run 'Inactivated concept in ref set' report.
• Spell check/ check descriptions file for inaccuracies or typos.
• Reporting platform release validation section - KPI patterns, case sensitivity, duplicate terms, release issues report, validate inactivations report.
• Reporting platform release statistic section - Concepts changed, Inactivated concepts, New components, New descriptions, Release stats, Summary component stats.

Technical team release tasks (as and when initial validation is signed off at each milestone)

termServer branching and Release versioning

Reminder to WCI to cut off mapping drip feed (but NOT clone over to Release Server until Mapping Team confirms that both ICD-0/ICD-10 + GMDN maps are all updated based on Content + latest GMDN content.

Mapping QA complete.

MAPPING CUTOFF DATE (12:00 UTC)

Mapping team to request Clone of Mapping content (both ICD-0/ICD-10 + GMDN) over to the Release Server, in order to provide a stable baseline for both upcoming International + GMDN releases.

Handover of ICD-0 + ICD-10 maps to technical team Release manager (Andrew Atkinson)

Restart the mapping Drip Feed.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THIS DAY WITHOUT FAIL, BECAUSE THE AUTHORS WILL START EDITING AGAIN AROUND MIDDAY, AND SO AS OF MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THE MAP DRIP FEED WILL START TO HAVE NEW CONTENT COME THROUGH FOR THE NEXT MONTH'S EDITING CYCLE...

Backup plan:  If there is a Critical (P1) issue found in the final content (shouldn't be due to the new task/project validation, but we need an emergency process just in case), then WCI can import a specific fix branch straight into the Cloned Release Mapping Server, without bleed through from the next month's content.  However, this should only be used in the genuine emergency situations...

Mapping Team to notify WCI mapping/review ready for QA.

QA of mapping (Mapping Team + WCI).

Full manual + automated validation of the versioned content.

Lateralizable and SEP ref sets. (BUT ONLY IF NEW AUTOMATION OF THESE REFSETS IS STILL NOT YET AVAILABLE).

Preparation of release notes.  (NOT REQUIRED FOR OCTOBER 2021 RELEASE).

Production internal release date.