Ready to Ship
Adjective Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
Prepared enough for release, including not just code completion but the surrounding confidence and support work that make shipping responsible. In engineering slang, people often discover they disagree on this phrase until they define it concretely.
In plain English: Prepared enough to release responsibly.
Example: "The feature looked ready to ship only after docs, rollback steps, support notes, and production metrics all existed alongside the code itself."