Process · General Industry
Soft freeze
A freeze that still admits changes but only with explicit approval, typically from a change control board. It slows churn without stopping genuine critical fixes.
- Type
- Process
- Domain
- General Industry, Programme jargon
Notes
Most programmes run a soft freeze for several weeks before the hard freeze so late risk is visible rather than smuggled in.
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