Master the natural word combinations used when planning and communicating software releases in English. These collocations appear in planning meetings, release notes, and stakeholder updates.
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The team agreed to ___ the release by two weeks after discovering a critical regression in staging.
We 'push back a release' in agile planning language. 'Push back' is the most natural phrasal verb in team communication for delaying a scheduled event. 'Postpone' is also correct and more formal. 'Delay' is neutral but 'push back' is idiomatic in standup and planning contexts.
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We need to ___ a release window that works for both the engineering and customer success teams.
We 'agree on a release window' when coordinating between teams. 'Agree on' is the correct collocation when reaching consensus. 'Set a release window' is also common (often used by one decision-maker), but 'agree on' implies the collaborative process.
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The PM asked everyone to ___ sign-off on the release checklist before the deployment window opened.
We 'give sign-off' in release and project management English. 'Give sign-off' means to formally approve. The collocations are: 'give sign-off', 'get sign-off' (from someone else's perspective), and 'receive sign-off'. 'Provide sign-off' is also acceptable in formal writing.
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Before shipping, we always ___ a go/no-go decision with the stakeholders.
We 'make a decision' — this is a core English collocation. 'Make a decision' is always the correct form; 'take a decision' is used in British English but less common; 'do a decision' is never correct. 'Run a go/no-go' can mean to conduct the meeting, but the decision itself is 'made'.
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The release notes need to ___ all the breaking changes introduced in this version.
We 'document breaking changes' in release communication. 'Document' means to formally record in writing. All options could work, but 'document changes' is the professional standard collocation in changelog and release-note writing. 'Capture changes' is also natural in agile contexts.