5 steps for effective release management

5 Steps for Effective Release Management

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You’re a Release Manager trying

to deploy application to production and keep up

with business needs.


Different teams and tools used for each

project can create a release nightmare

and potentially extend the release weekend.


The following are 5 steps for effective release

management


1 Establishing a single source of truth


When orchestrating a global application release, create a single source of truth that will update in real time.

doing so will coordinate all parties responsible for the release and provide visibility and traceability into who created what, and when.

Why


When orchestrating a global application release, create a single source of truth that will update in real time

Doing so will coordinate all parties responsible for the release and provide visibility and traceability into who created what, and when.

Because


2 Automate painful tasks


Automate as much of the deployment process as you can.

Automation provides a secure and successful way to complete steps crucial to deployment of applications.

Why


Automation provides a secure and successful way to complete steps crucial to deployment of applications.

Because


3Make

“what is where”visible


Because

Not knowing what is on a machine, or an environment, is exceptionally risky.


4Make

certifications and approvals visible


Define quality gates to establish minimum entrance requirements to an environment.

Certifications and approvals ensure quality

Why


Certifications and approvals ensure quality.

Because


5Make the

release plan easy to consume


A plan that is too hard to understand will largely be ignored.

A release plan that can be edited on the fly, and easilyWhy


A release plan that can be edited on the fly, and easily understood, makes it obvious to everyone what the impact of the change is.

Because


Companies can ease the pains of deployments by implementing release management practices into their deployments.


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