Scope
- New Features might be developed and included in next Releases - these Features need to be planned
- This article describes our policy for handling this situation and its mapping with the states in JIRA.
Life Cycle
Planned features will pass through the following states:
OPEN
- A feature has been described and assigned
- The next step will be to decide, whether the feature is a Known Issue or it has to be Clarified.
KNOWN ISSUE
- This is not a feature, it is a known issue and will by purpose not be changed.
- Known Issue is an end status, there is no further decision taken.
CLARIFY
- The feature has to be first discussed before a further state is decided
- The feature can be then dismissed or accepted.
DISMISSED or ACCEPTED
- In case the feature is NOT going to be implemented, it will be set to Dismissed.
- Dismissed is an end status, there is no further decision taken.
- In case the feature is going to be implemented, it will be set to Accepted.
- At that point, the Development of the feature can be initiated.
DEFERRED
- The feature is going to be developed because it has been Accepted
- Even though, the feature is not going to be developed for the Planned Release.
- Another future Release will be assigned to it in order for this feature to be developed.