Transport management after Go-live

Hello all,
we recently finished release 1 of a BW implementation and are now involved in two aspects:
- error fixing/change notes for release 1
- upcoming work for release 2
We have the standard transportation way: DEV -> QS -> PROD. Working for release 2 means adding/changing/deleting some objects and code. Simulataneously we need to make sure that all functionalities of release 1 remain untouched in the PROD system as well as necessary changes/error fixing have to be applied. But what do we do if we e.g. need to change some InfoObjects for release 2 that must be untouched for a proper working release 1? When we transport them into QS and then into PROD we might cause some malfunction on the PROD system. We already thought about installing a second DEV or QS system only for release 2. But then there might arise problems putting it all together on PROD again...
How did others deal with this problem? Any best practice or advice will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Manuel

Many clients in this position decide to move to a 5-system landscape.  This landscape consists of the original DEV, QA, PRD BW systems, which are used for production-support issues (corrections, fixes, etc.).  Two additional BW instancesWave 2 DEV and QAare also added to enable a new wave of development, upgrades, etc.
When time for cutover, the newly developed/modified objects can be transported as follows:
W2-DEV --> W2-QA --> DEV --> QA --> PRD
Note:  Prior to transporting the wave 2 transports to the original landscape, you should decide on a methodology to keep the systems in sync.  For example, if a production object is changed in DEV, it should also be changed in W2-DEV.  Otherwise, corrections could get overwritten by the objects in Wave 2 landscape.  To get these new/revised objects into Wave 2-DEV, you may employ manual entry, transports, XML, etc.
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