Typically, in software development, a release is called feature complete when the product team agrees that functional requirements of the system are met and no new features will be put into the release, but significant software bugs may still exist. It is usually the start of a thorough test and debug cycle with the quality assurance team where all showstopper issues are identified, prioritized and resolved before client acceptance testing or general release. Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ...