External Information Points (EIP)
External Information Points (EIP) is our ten-stage process for tracking new products and product development milestones.
It applies to all functional releases – so that’s major releases, interim releases and maintenance releases.
| Milestone | Description | Timeline | Issued |
| EIP1 | Initial release scope and EIP dates (including outage dates) | -150 | Briefing |
| EIP2 | Revised release scope | -120 | Briefing |
| EIP3 | Final release scope, updated documentation and pricing notification for existing products | -90 | Briefing |
| EIP4 | Outage notification and duration | -60 | |
| EIP5 | Final documentation published | -45 | Briefing |
| EIP6 | Pricing notification for new/existing products if applicable | -28 | Briefing |
| EIP7 | Outage notification and release scope (including defect fixes) | -14 | |
| EIP8 | Outage notification and scope change since EIP7 | -2 | |
| EIP9 | Release deployment | 0 | |
| EIP10 | Post deployment communications | 4 | Briefing |
EMP 5400 (18th November 2023)
EMP R5350 (delivery on 16 September 2023)
EMP R5300 (delivery on 22 July 2023)
EMP R5250 (delivery on 20 May 2023)
EMP R5200 (delivery on 18 March 2023)
EMP R5150 (delivery on 21 January 2023)
EMP R5100 (delivery on 19 November 2022)
EMP R5050 (delivery on 17 September 2022)
EMP R5000 (delivery on 23 July 2022)
R4950 EIPs (delivery on 21 May 2022)
R4900 EIPs (delivery on 19 March 2022)
R4850 EIPs (delivery on 22 January 2022)
R4800 EIPs (delivery on 20 November 2021)
R4750 EIPs (delivery on 18 September 2021)
R4700 EIPs (delivery on 17 July 2021)
R4650 EIPs (delivery on 15 May 2021)
R4600 EIPs (delivery on 20 March 2021)
R4550 EIPs (delivery on 16 January 2021)
R4500 EIPs (delivery 21 November 2020)
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