High-Level Timeline

(tick) Now (Sept) thru the end of October - Plan, convert/create/update test scripts in ALM/QC, move pending support & project work into production
(tick) 10/09/2014 - SAP release of year end base level support pack
(tick) 10/20/2014 - End of day production snapshot to be used to refresh test environments
(tick) 10/20/2014 - Development Freeze begins
(tick) 10/28/2014 - Last date to implement support & enhancement changes until freeze ends on 12/10/2014
(tick) 10/24/2014 - Unit test

(tick) 11/03/2014 - System Integration Test (regression test fixes: 11/25-26/2014)

(plus) 12/05/2014 - Go-live weekend!

(info)  12/10/2014 - Development Freeze ends