How release management can help to improve quality

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ReleaseandDeploymentManagementaimstoplan,scheduleandcontrolthemovementofreleasestotestandliveenvironments.TheprimarygoalofReleaseManagementandDeploymentManagementistoensurethattheintegrityoftheliveenvironmentisprotectedandthatthecorrectcomponentsarereleased

WHATISRELEASEMANAGEMENT?

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HOWDOESARELEASEPROCESSWORK?

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Produc+onProduct

Management DevelopmentDesign QA OperaJons

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RELEASEPIPELINE

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KINDOFLIKETHAT

PM DEV QA OPS

Produc+onIdea

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IMPACTOFHANDOVERS

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Ã  BringdifferentstakeholderscloserÃ  ProvideindependentopionionÃ  ConJnuousimprovement

WHATTODO?

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JOBSPEC.

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Ã  FinalgatebeforethereleaseÃ  AllstakeholderspresentÃ  Everyone’sconsenttoreleaseisnecessary

RELEASEMEETINGS

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Ã  DefinewhentoswitchonafeatureÃ  Whodoeswhat

ACTIVATIONSCHEDULE

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Ã  WhatisinthereleaseÃ  EverythinginthereleaseisDONEDONE

CHANGELOGPROCESS

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Ã  MiJgaJonplanforissuesfromlive/goingliveÃ  Allstakeholderspresent

POSTRELEASEREVIEW

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Ã  IdenJfywhoyouareaffecJngÃ  Inform/managetheimpact

STAKEHOLDERMANAGEMENT

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Schedule Whathappensandwhenduringrollout?

RELEASEMEETINGTEMPLATE

Resources&SynchronizaJon Areresourcesinplaceandavailableforalltasksbefore/during/aYerrollout?SynconworkJmeandcommunicaJonestablished?

Change-Log Iseverybodyonthesamepageaboutwhathasbeenadded/changed/updatedwiththisrelease?Arethereanylastminutechanges?RCandQAbuild.

ResultsandVerdicts QATesJngResultsandVerdict.CMFeedbackandVerdict.

UntestedContent Isthereanyuntestedcontentandwhy?CanthiscontentbereleasedorsJllbetestedpriortorollout?WhatcanonlybeverifiedaYerrollout?WhatwillbeverifiedaYerrollout(discrepanciesbetweentestenvironmentandliveenvironment)?Anydelaysduringsprintwhichmighthaveknock-oneffectsontestcoverageorotherstakeholders?

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AppSubmission Arethereanypendingworkitemspriortosubmission?Arethereanyreoccurringorimportanttasksassociatedwithcurrentsubmission?Anyknownorunknownrequirementsnotmet?InstallaJonandloadingJmes?RequiredandsupportedOSversions/hardware?

RELEASEMEETINGTEMPLATE

Knownissues Whataretheknownandoutstandingissuesandhowdotheyaffecttheplannedrelease?Aretheyacceptabletobereleasedorcantheybefixedandtestedbefore?

Stakeholders Whoisaffectedbyoraffectsthisrelease(anydependencies)?Mobile(browserbackendorfeatureflagaffecJngtheapp?)PaymentPortalMarkeJng&PRAnalyJcs

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Risk&DamageControl Whatcouldgowrongwiththisrelease?WhatcanbedonetopreventormiJgateit?Whathappenswhensomethinggoeswrong?LatestLive-Issues:LiveBugdetails

RELEASEMEETINGTEMPLATE

Signoff Anythingnotclearatthispoint?Go/NoGo?

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Ã  MinimiseddefectsinthereleaseÃ  ImprovedleadJmeforperformingreleaseacJvaJonsÃ  Notmakingthesamemistakesoverandoveragain

CONCLUSION

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