Project Completion Milestone

Objectives of this Checklist

Get approval that a rebuildable archive of the product and the audit trail of that product's development have been collected and stored according to defined quality standards.

Checklist

Archive all development source code, tools, and procedures critical to producing the executable product and supporting products, including:
- Two backups of source code, batch, and make files
- Two backups of development tools (compilers, assemblers, linkers, source-control systems, etc.) and supporting software documentation and license agreements
- Instructions on how to produce all program files in final and debug versions and instructions for producing release diskettes
- All help files (both source and "compiled") and supporting tools and documentation
- Release notes
- Any of the above applicable to third-party components
Archive all SQA tools and procedures critical to testing the product, including:
- Test procedures, macros, and files; unit test cases and harnesses; and all relevant supporting documentation
- Test results and logs (including, e.g., coverage analysis reports for unit and system tests, test history log, etc.)
- Test tools, supporting documentation, and license agreements
- Bug database, supporting tools and documentation, and license agreements
- Support release notes
- Any of the above applicable to testing of third-party components, devices, or external testers
Archive all documentation tools and information critical to producing shipping documentation and help files of the product, including:
- All illustration (art) files
- All document (text) files
- All page-layout files, illustrations, and the page-layout template files
- All tutorial and demo files, supporting tools and documentation, and license agreements
- Supporting production tools (such as illustration or page-layout applications) with license agreements and documentation
- Any of the above applicable to documentation of third-party components or documentation tools
A post-release meeting of the product team is held and documented.
Archive the Project Folder with all information critical to consistent and detailed review of project process. It includes:
- Team meeting minutes and any existing minutes from other project-related meetings
- Product Requirements document (including feature set)
- Investigation Approval document and presentation materials
- Project Approval document and presentation materials
- PLC Application Plan and PLC feedback
- Product Marketing Plan
- FPS and any modifications
- Development, Publications, Quality, Support, & Localization Plans
- A summary of actual resources on the project from incept to release
- Contracts
- License agreements
- Non-disclosure agreements
- For trademarks, patents, and copyrights: a list of all Project Team members and countries of citizenship, as well as 50 pages (25 from beginning and 25 from end) of unique code (new or changed from the previous version of the product)
- ER documents and presentation
- Post-release analysis
The Product Team documents a list of improvements and deviations from the Product Life Cycle.

Project Completion

Project Code Name Product Name Version

We certify that the archives for this project are complete.

Date:______________

Project Manager ________________________________________

SQA Manager ________________________________________

Publications Manager ________________________________________

[other signature lines.] ________________________________________

Approval Signatures

We accept the archives for this project.

Date:______________

Archivist ________________________________________

Development Director ________________________________________

Quality Director ________________________________________

Publications Director ________________________________________

[other signature lines.] ________________________________________

Project Manager	________________________________________
SQA Manager	________________________________________
Publications Manager	________________________________________
[other signature lines.]	________________________________________

Archivist	________________________________________
Development Director	________________________________________
Quality Director	________________________________________
Publications Director	________________________________________
[other signature lines.]	________________________________________