Process activities

Release and deployment management has consistent activities for each release depending on the release type and the testing requirements defined in the release plans.

Figure 9.2 shows the flow for release and deployment management:

Figure 9.2 – Example of a release and deployment management process flow

The activities defined for release and deployment management include the following:

1. Authorizing the release
2. Planning the release and deployment
3. Building the release
4. Testing the release
5. Validating the release
6. Deploying, transferring, or retiring the release
7. Reviewing the release
8. Closing the release

The subsequent paragraphs describe what is involved in each of the activities described in the process flow.

Change authorization is the trigger that initiates release and deployment management activities. Since a release is made up of one or more approved changes, release and deployment...