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| <h3>
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| Description
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| <p>
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| There are many developers who have spent years developing software and yet never had any of it released into use.
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| Fortunately, this situation is becoming rarer, but it still happens. There are many reasons why some software never
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| gets put into production, but often a key factor is the size of releases. Releasing software is much like integrating
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| source code changes in a project: the longer you delay it, the tougher it becomes. Releasing software into production
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| frequently is a good way of getting feedback. Users will often think of issues that they would not have without actual
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| experience using the software. Getting that feedback early enhances the overall quality of the product.
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| <p>
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| In XP, we recommend release cycles of three to four months at most.
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| </p>
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| <h3>
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| Benefits
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| <ul>
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| <b>Small releases increase feedback</b>. Discrepancies between the system that is needed and the system being
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| developed are found early.
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| </li>
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| Putting pieces of a system into production frequently raises the quality consciousness of the project. The
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| <b>system must consistently be good enough to ship</b>.
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| </li>
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