High-Level Timeline
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September thru the end of October - Plan, convert/create/update test scripts in ALM, move pending support & project work into production
10/13/2016 - SAP release of year end base level support pack
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10/17/2016 - End of day production snapshot to be used to refresh test environments (9/19 for SF3)
10/24/2016 - Unit test

11/01/2016 - System Integration Test (regression test fixes: 11/22-23/2016)
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