Task: Develop the Release Plan

The Release Manager assigned to a project will develop a Release Plan specific to that project.

Relationships

Roles	Primary: Release Manager	Additional: Project Manager Technical Owner	Assisting:
Inputs	Mandatory: Back Out Plan Implementation Plan Project Schedule	Optional: None	External: None
Outputs	Release Plan

Main Description

Proper development and implementation of a release plan may alleviate some of the project challenges related to managing scope, quality, communications, and risk. A formal release plan makes distributing software more consistent for the performing organization and outlines how and when the solution will be made available to the customers.

Steps

Gather Preliminary Project Documentation

Gather the project schedule,, Implementation Plan, Communication plan and Backout Plan. These will provide information that will be useful in understanding the project and preparing the Release Plan. This step may require meetings with the Project Manager and various members of the project team.

Prepare the Release Plan

Using the information provided, create the Release Plan.

Obtain Approval

Obtain final approval of the Release Plan from the Project Manager, Application Owner and Technical Owner.

Properties

Multiple Occurrences
Event Driven
Ongoing
Optional
Planned
Repeatable

Version and Release

Unified Life Cycle (ULC): 5.1, November 3, 2014
Phase Gates: 1.1, May 27, 2014
Process Engineering Process (PEP): 1.1, May 27, 2014