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15.9 (2023-02-22)

Changes

• Add section in the PNPS template for a research timeline
• Revisions to Informing team members section
• Update assignees for approving In App message requests
• Update the PPS documentation
• Removes references to Ally and Ally-specific scoring guidance
• Add list of internal personas
• Prefill correct labels in Feedback template

15.8 (2023-01-22)

Changes

• Introduce a ~"workflow::complete label to the product development workflow
• Update link to previous OKRs for Product division
• clarify purpose of drafting issue
• Exception for breaking changes in minor releases
• Add consideration of channel partner strategy to product processes
• Update CDF Handbook Page
• Point to the SSOT for characteristics of Alpha, Beta, Limited Availability, and General Availability
• Update OKR image
• Align Product OKR timeline to sync with CProdO
• Updating form DevOps to DevSecOps
• Add PNPS workflow
• Moving Stable Counterparts between stages process

15.7 (2022-12-22)

Changes

• Add Leadership PI Monthly to product handbook
• Update GitLab the Product naming guidelines to reference Product Principles
• add company timeline
• Update deprecation milestones examples for 16.0
• Update milestone creation with number of releases
• Add Q4 feedback issue
• Updating Leader rotation with corresponding CY2023 GC Dates
• Updating Product Feedback Template for use when expressing customer interest
• Update all product division handles and add UX
• Update Product Division OKR workflow to include UX and latest revisions
• Add reference to SAFE and Legal considerations to PNPS outreach workflow
• Adjusted SUS process for potential lack of Designers
• Combine naming guidelines
• Add Q3 PPS analysis link
• ADD "OUT OF DATE" NOTE TO OKR PAGE
• Add Reforge Team Plan
• Document how to resize Gifs for social media/blog in the product handbook
• Update Team member YML files for Product, UX, Product Management, and Product Monetization
• Add flags for whether a feature is available on Dedicated or self-managed

15.6 (2022-11-22)

Changes

• Add UX awareness tasks to PM onboarding template
• Clarify why of Prod Ops review role for team meetings
• add IC PMs to Section monthly reviews
• Updating PLT ReadMe Section
• Add Q3 PNPS survey analysis link
• Update format of Section Monthly PI meetings
• Update calibration outliers
• Update/add maintainers / code owners to all product handbook pages
• Suggest conventional-comments as optional onboarding item
• Add clarity on communication of off cycle breaking changes
• updating November 2022 GC Date
• Reorder codeowners to update maintained by
• Update product and feature naming guidelines to include third-party trademark guidelines
• Category Direction Pages serve as the SSOT for the Roadmap
• Update Product Direction page to provide more UX details

15.5 (2022-10-22)

Changes

• Update team meeting DRIs and new meeting intro workflow
• Remove link to deprecated Category Health page
• Specify the release post item generator expects plain text
• Update Product FY'23 talent assessment details
• Migrate Product Design to Product in team member files
• Data Science Section Support
• Add DRI for solution field syncs
• Add content and links to product monetization sub page
• Move UX handbook to Product
• Provide clarity on breaking changes decision

15.4 (2022-09-22)

Changes

• Adds UX directory and adjusts landing page to include all Product functions
• Delete unused walkthru directory
• Dependency Management cleanup
• Update PM learning hub page with links to Level Up
• Examples of why updating features.yml is important
• release-15-4-bugs
• Add Success measures and clarify areas of advisement
• Fix minor typo in Value Stream Assessment doc
• Update prod ops survey links
• Revise MVP nomination guidance
• Update guidance regarding release post extras
• Add Monthly Field Sync for Solutions to Process

15.3 (2022-08-22)

Changes

• add Q2 PNPS survey to handbook page
• Update course from gitlab learn to level up
• Update Product OKR page for Q3
• Product process for headcount changes
• Who defines the milestone schedule?
• Issue label consideration
• updating August Direction Review Date
• Adding a Product GC in August - 2022-08-24
• Clarify who to assign acting PM responsibilities
• Move continuous interview content to a separate page and update content with guidelines.
• Forced Prioritization Clarification
• Add additional guidance for non GA feature status
• Add Scope Reassignment to Global Optimization
• Deprecate Category Health Page

15.2 (2022-07-22)

Changes

• Add Q3 Planning issue link
• Remove note about 14.5 now that we publish a list
• Make the essence of subtractive thinking clear
• Clarify roles and responsibilities for XFN Prioritization
• Add product and feature naming principle to Product Principles handbook page
• Small clarifications to product processes around quality & security
• Remove alt tag instruction from release post docs
• Added subtractive thinking as a product principle

15.1 (2022-06-22)

Changes

• Create an issue template to track individual team members who work temporarily on other projects (light version of a borrow request)
• Handbook: Create image/gif tips section and SSoT chapter for ImageMagick, document image drop shadow
• Update steps for requesting review of late release post item
• Moving a link from Onboarding to L&D
• add Q3 Agenda Link and issue links
• Add light version of borrow template to handbook
• Fix link to "What is a Stakeholder"
• Clarifying how gitlab_com works
• Add deprecation overview visual to product handbook
• End of Support guidance
• Add Database group to Issue Planning examples
• Update-to-gc-leader-rotation
• Direct link to q&a wrapup on second (afternoon) training video
• Finance Business Partner Interaction
• Add borrow guidance
• Change which branch to rebase
• remove former evangelist
• Update deprecation and removal terms

15.0 (2022-05-22)

Changes

• Add Competitive Landscape to Issue Template
• Display features that are in Starter but not Core
• Add Product Design to borrow framework
• Fix typos in handbook's release post guidelines
• Add direction page to prod ops in handbook
• Fix duplicates and ordering of DRIs
• Update to Product Process page to enable a link under Product Showcase to work again
• Clarify Product team meetings in handbook
• Add latest PNPS deck link to handbook
• Shorten Release Post Schedule Docs
• Previous Quarter Ally links
• Add Q2 OKR video to Product OKR page
• Fixing a broken anchor link. I'm guessing here as to what is the correct link…
• Fix link to Zendesk access request instructions
• Update product OKR to current quarter FY23 Q2
• Re-write opening paragraphs of "convention over configuration" section to aid readbaility
• Update marketing:true/false definition in the product handbook for categories
• Fix "Versioned Dependencies" link on product page
• Adds docs for the theme labeling pilot
• Clarifying the deprecations step as it relates to the release post
• Add a note about tracking issues for banner work in the GitLab project
• Clarify announcement timeframe for deprecations

14.10 (2022-04-22)

Changes

• Update Ally embed links on Product OKRs
• Update Product OKR page Q2 links
• Add Justin's and Omar's READMEs to the product leadership page
• Fix typos on product processes page
• Make issue template SSOT for broadcast message guidance
• Refine documentation regarding Deprecations/Removals deadlines and how to pick into patches
• Add prod ops survey pages
• RP item template: Add tip about using the MR Review App
• Update performance label in prioritization table
• Remove IACV from prioritization table
• Remove planning priority label from table
• Update link to manual process and remove outdated reference
• Update Broadcast Message Guidance
• Remove unused release post files and update documentation
• Remove mention and link to non-existing file
• minor typo, grammar fix for handbook/marketing/blog
• Add embedded playlist to direction page
• Application limits should be enabled by default and generally match GitLab.com
• Introduce scheduled pipeline to kickoff Release Post process
• adds first draft of prioritization model pilot user docs

14.9 (2022-03-22)

Changes

• Update Product Key Review template
• Add DevOps section with Kubernetes content to L&D
• Clarify Scope, Experience and Reporting Structure for Product Leadership
• Move MVP instructions to the Release Post MR Template
• Added section to product Handbook for guidance on planning issues
• Prioritization List is a framework, not just guidelines
• Add Auditor to permissions list
• Clarify don't follow the plan heading
• Syntax deprecation process
• Add Limited Availability phase to Product Versions
• Update to How to Engage with Product Management handbook page
• Add GC link to rotation table
• Add caveat to Realignments
• Add specific labels to UX SUS issues for Triage
• Add prioritization sessions as a product process