[tractusx-dev] Friendly reminder - Eclipse Tractus-X Open Planning 26.12

[Stephan Bauer <stephan.bauer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good morning Eclipse Tractus-X Community,

This is a friendly reminder for all of you to prepare the issues for Thursday's Open Planning. Until now, we have only to issues on the board -> https://github.com/orgs/eclipse-tractusx/projects/26/views/47

What are your plans for 26.12? Please make sure to add the features to the board. In case you have any questions, please reach out.

Thank you very much, see you on Thursday

Stephan

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Hello, Eclipse Tractus-X Community!

Collaboration drives the success of Eclipse Tractus-X, and we are excited to invite you to the Release Planning sessions for R26.12! These sessions are your chance to shape the roadmap, align with the community, and ensure a well-structured release.

• Matrix chat -> Release Management
• Matrix chat -> Test Management

Key Information:

• 📅 Dates and Times: Listed for each session below.
• 📂 Resources: Visit our open meetings page for all session links and additional documentation.
• 🔗 Preparation Materials: Ensure readiness by reviewing the provided templates, guidelines, and your own features.

We look forward to seeing you there and working together to make R26.12 a success!

ECLIPSE TRACTUS-X 26.12 IS GOING AHEAD

The Eclipse Tractus-X 26.12 release continues as planned, so open-source development and work on KITs (including KITs 2.0) can proceed without interruption.

Open Planning for R26.12

The Open Planning session finalizes the roadmap for R26.12, prioritizing features and aligning all participants on deliverables for the release.

• Date: 13.08.2026
• Time: 09:05 - 10:30
• Teams Link: Join the session

Who Should Attend:

• Contributors and Committers from the open-source community
• Expert Group and Committee members
• Feature requesters and stakeholders

NOTE

Your participation is crucial to ensure the success of the release planning. Expert Groups, Committees, the open-source community (contributor and committer), feature requesters are encouraged to attend and actively engage in the discussions.

Agenda

Here's the plan for the day:

• 09:05 - 09:20: Open Planning - Vision & Introduction
• 09:20 - 10:15: Joint Open Planning (all teams)
• 10:15 - 10:30: Feedback Retro / Open Planning Wrap-up / Summary & Next Steps

Joint Open Planning

NOTE

The planning sessions will be driven by our Release Planning Board, which organizes features based on their Topic/Product field. The current agenda is only an example and will be updated with the actual features that are planned for R26.12.

Time	Topics	Features
09:20 - 10:15	TBD

PLEASE NOTE:

• The agenda provides a rough time structure to help guide the session. The timings are not fixed and can be adjusted
• depending on the flow of the discussion.
• Use the agenda as orientation, but we may deviate if needed based on progress.

Prerequisites for features to be considered in Open Planning

For a feature to be included in the Open Planning, the following conditions must be met:

• Status must be 'Backlog' - Committers and Expert Groups can set this status after the feature is fully refined.
• All categories in the feature template must be filled - Do not delete any sections from the template.
• Milestone is NOT set - This will be assigned during the Open Planning session.
• Contributor and Committer must be assigned.
• Topic/Product must be set.

During the session, if there is a common alignment among the participants, the feature milestone can be set to 26.12, meaning it will be developed in the upcoming release.

Important Notes and Hints

• Keep the board clean - there are still features with older milestones that have not yet been completed.
• Do not delete any sections from the feature template, except for KITs.
• For KITs, only the Contributor, Committer, and Description fields need to be filled.

For any questions or further information, feel free to reach out via our mailing list or join us in the Tractus-X Matrix channel.

We look forward to your participation and collaboration! 🚀

Stephan Bauer 

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