Release Management

Configuration management

Release Management Goal

Coordinate the processes through the project development life cycle

Ensure the quality of production version Manage the project artifacts

Release Management Processes

Release Design Monitor and Verify the progress of Release Obtain sign-off Approve Production Implementation Coordinate Release Deployment Activity Implement Release Post Implementation Review

Supporting processes

Configuration management Change management Content management Version control

Configuration Management

Manage Project artifacts Builds Source code Start Up Procedure Documentation

Build

Is identified uniquely by number and date Contains modules of different versions After compiling may go to QA After compiling remains unchanged Is to be signed off to QA by Build Manager

Change Management

Build in QA or in production can be changed only with Change Request

Change Requests are registered and approved

Developers change a working build Old source code remains in the storage After changes done new build goes to QA

Content Management

Developed to manage particularly web site content

Control over the processes of web site updates

Design approval process Store updated versions of web pages