freeze

Point in a project's timespan after which no more changes can be permitted. Or, as Cityspeak Dictionary eloquently puts it, "Point in product development after which the answer to all great new ideas is no."

RTM

Acronym for the entirely fictional date that a product is scheduled to be "released to manufacturing". Ex: "We need to push back the RTM another two months." Internet variant: RTW (release to web).

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