Just as it says. I'm sure this has been explained a thousand times, but what is the difference between Pilot vs Preview?
We are switching to v16 soon and I'm testing some stuff in Tessitura Web. Some of the items say "Preview" next to it and others say "Pilot." I know both generically mean they aren't in the general release currently (meaning they won't be in PROD and we can't use them).
Basically I just want to know which one means we get it sooner?
Hi Chelsea -
Heath provided such a lovely and resonate journey through software development; I think all that leaves for me to do is add the final 'what it means in Tessitura's world' explanation. Our definitions of Pilot and Preview are close to Heath's, but with a few Tessitura specific nuances.
Anything with a 'Pilot' label is only accessible in a non-production environment (test or dev for example). This is usually a first look or early access to the particular functionality. Functionality under this tag may change before it moves to preview or general release. The purpose of it being available to you our members is to allow you to test, play with and provide feedback in an earlier stage of the software. However, it is not at a place where we have finalized the feature set completely and may be missing some of what we know will be in the final functionality.
The 'Preview' label means the functionality is available on all environments, production and non-production and will affect live data. Preview functionality is usually additive in nature, and potentially still has the older, classic functionality or screens still available to a user. In v16 specifically, you will see this most often applied to our web screens. New web screen features tagged as Preview are accessible in two locations: in the web application in the new format (Preview), and in the desktop application in the original format and location. This lets you explore these new web screens while maintaining business as usual. Both locations act on the same live data.
To recap and answer your question "which one means you get it sooner" the answer is Preview, as that indicates functionality that you can use on a production v16 environment. Pilot is not yet available on a live production instance and is at a younger stage in the product software lifecycle.
Hope that helps!
Heather
Between your answer and Heath's, I really get it now! Now I can go back and tell my team that we are slowly but surely going to be able to get away from Citrix!