How to Prepare a Release Update Analysis Sheet

This article discusses how a Product Manager prepares a Release Update Analysis sheet. 

Once the release sheet is prepared, the analysis will be performed first before delegating the items to each individual SME/Product Owner to add the in-depth analysis and notes pertaining to each release update.

1. Create a folder for the release in the ***RELEASE UPDATE folder.

NOTE: Please make sure to select the correct folder that represent the current year.

Link to the folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1tcWpa7aLI1XCsTYXUyblx2bw0-t7PDCR 

2. Create a new folder and sheet. Then, name it appropriately, like in the example below.

3. Google for the official Salesforce site with the release notes (in HTML, not PDF).

For example, this is the link for Spring 19: 

https://releasenotes.docs.salesforce.com/en-us/spring19/release-notes/salesforce_release_notes.htm

4. Click on the "How and When Do Features Become Available?" link.

5. Copy the content from "Salesforce Overall" until the last table (before the footer). Paste this from the 2nd row of the Google sheet.

6. Delete empty rows and table headings (row 6), like in the sample below.

7. In column F, write "HEADING" on rows that are:

• not part of a table

• merged across columns A to E

8. Delete columns B to E. Expand column A, wrap text, and left align. Copy the first row from the previous release and freeze the first row.