Take a Holistic View to Optimize Release Management
Take a Holistic View to Optimize Release Management
Build trust by right-sizing your process using appropriate governance.
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Conducting release management without the right ownership leads to:
Chaotic releases that teams cannot sufficiently prepare for and execute.
Inconsistently executed processes and poor visibility and transparency.
Disappointed stakeholders who do not receive committed releases from teams.
Standardizing your releases processes can generate:
Grounded expectations of what can reasonably be accomplished.
Accurate release plans because of realistic and achievable calendars.
Reductions in process bottlenecks due to greater visibility across the entire release pipeline.
Module 1: Review Your Release Management Objectives
The Purpose
Reveal the motivators behind the optimization of release management.
Identify the root causes of current release issues and challenges.
Key Benefits Achieved
Ensure business alignment of optimization efforts.
Firm grasp of why teams are facing release issues and the impacts they have on the organization.
Activities:
Outputs:
1.1
Identify the objectives for application release.
Release management business objectives and technical drivers
1.2
Conduct a current state assessment of release practices.
Current state assessment of release processes, communication flows, and tools and technologies
Module 2: Standardize Release Management
The Purpose
Alleviate current release issues and challenges with best practices.
Standardize a core set of processes, tools, and roles & responsibilities to achieve consistency, cadence, and transparency.
Key Benefits Achieved
Repeatable execution of the same set of processes to increase the predictability of release delivery.
Defined ownership of release management.
Adaptable and flexible release management practices to changing business and technical environments.
Activities:
Outputs:
2.1
Strengthen your release process.
Processes accommodating each release type and approach the team is required to complete
2.2
Coordinate releases with a program framework.
Release calendars and program framework
2.3
Manage release issues with change management practices.
Release change management process
2.4
Define your release management team.
Defined responsibilities and accountabilities of release manager and release management team
Module 3: Roll Out Release Management Enhancements
The Purpose
Define metrics to validate release management improvements.
Identify the degree of oversight and involvement of the release management team.
Prioritize optimization roadmap against business needs and effort.
Key Benefits Achieved
Easy-to-gather metrics to measure success that can be communicated to stakeholders.
Understanding of how involved release management teams are in enforcing release management standards.
Practical and achievable optimization roadmap.
Activities:
Outputs:
3.1
Define your release management metrics.
List of metrics to gauge success
3.2
Ensure adherence to standards.
Oversight and reporting structure of release management team
3.3
Create your optimization roadmap.
Release management optimization roadmap
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