An OpenROAD installation might include development, test, system test, user acceptance testing, training, and production environments. Consider how these are to be upgraded and in what sequence to ensure that business-driven changes can still be supported during the upgrade process, without requiring re-work or re-application of bug fixes, changes, and enhancements. It may be necessary to maintain development and testing environments at different versions of OpenROAD to allow for this.

Plan and schedule the timing of each upgrade to minimize risk and disruption.