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Release Management

C1

Manage the deployment of IT solutions into the operational environment.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Release Management at each level of maturity.

1Initial
  • Practice
    Practices are ad hoc and are on a best endeavour basis.
2Basic
  • Practice
    Implement basic release management procedures.
    Outcome
    Planning for release management is emerging.
    Metric
    # of basic release management procedures in place.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Identify and agree a formal release management process with procedures and templates for releases.
    Outcome
    Releases are managed and controlled.
    Metric
    % of releases performed in accordance with release process.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Manage and implement releases in alignment with the change management process where changes are assessed for their impact and prioritized accordingly.
    Outcome
    Provides a structured approach to releases.
    Metric
    % of releases that comply with release process
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Fully integrate release management and change management processes to allow optimization of delivery of IT solutions into operational environments.
    Outcome
    Changes and releases are optimized.
    Metric
    % of change and release activities that are integrated.