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Upgrade to Totara 12 or wait for 13?

 
Max Waluk
Upgrade to Totara 12 or wait for 13?
by Max Waluk - Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 7:41 AM
 

My organization upgraded from 2.7 to 11.6 at the end of last year. We are at a point where we need to make a decision about our next upgrade and there are many features in 12 that we want in our system, specifically the new course catalog and the navigation block redesign. That being said, several of the features listed on the product roadmap would also be extremely beneficial to us (better messaging, course creation UI improvements, the web API redesign and better graphical reporting). 

I am curious about how many of the features on the product roadmap that are in the implementation phase will be ready to go for 13, which I understand should be coming at the end of the year. If most of them will be included, it would make sense for us to wait for 13, but if they aren't going to be released until much later, then we would definitely jump on 12 and take advantage of those features as soon as possible. 

Any insight from Totara team members and other people in the community would be greatly appreciated!

Craig Eves
Re: Upgrade to Totara 12 or wait for 13?
by Craig Eves (Totara Support) - Thursday, 4 July 2019, 2:33 PM
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Hi Max

To see what new features have already been developed for Totara 13 see the Evergreen documentation

You might also consider whether the Evergreen release is suitable for you so you get the latest features of the next release.

The elements that are in the Roadmap that are in implementation means they are actively being developed. Each of these elements has various sub elements that need to be developed and some of these depend on other elements so it is hard to say if all of the sub elements will make a new release. 

If you are a partner then you can follow the progress of each of the Roadmap items through the issue tracker. For example see TL-5140 Centralised Notifications to view the progress.

I think upgrading to 12 would be beneficial irrespective as the work required to upgrade  to 13 will be a lot smaller and lets you decide when to upgrade to 13.

Regards

Max Waluk
Re: Upgrade to Totara 12 or wait for 13?
by Max Waluk - Monday, 8 July 2019, 8:38 AM
 

Great advice Craig, I appreciate your help as always!