Editing Software release life cycle (section)

==== Feature-complete ====
A '''feature-complete''' (FC) version of a piece of [[software]] has all of its planned or primary [[Software feature|features]] implemented but is not yet final due to [[software bug|bugs]], [[software performance|performance]] or [[Software testing|stability]] issues.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cusumano |first=Michael |date=1998 |url=https://archive.org/details/microsoftsecrets00cusu |title=Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People |publisher=Free Press |isbn=978-0-684-85531-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/microsoftsecrets00cusu/page/202 202–203] |url-access=registration }}</ref> This occurs at the end of alpha testing in [[Software development|development]].

Usually, feature-complete software still has to undergo [[beta testing]] and [[Patch (computing)|bug fixing]], as well as performance or stability enhancement before it can go to [[#Release candidate|release candidate]], and finally [[#Release|gold]] status.