Deploy Product

(Activity) for Tier: Release

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PURPOSE

The objective of this activity is to ensure that change to a product’s baseline is deployed to target customer environments in a structured and repeatable manner. Following the work flow within this activity will minimize the risk of faulty product increments being delivered to our customers and end-users.

WHEN

When a build is ready for deployment to target customer environments in accordance with the project’s Product Integration Plan (PIP).

PARTICIPATING ROLES

• ACCOUNTABLE

  • Release Manager

• RESPONSIBLE

  • Product Owner
  • Project Manager
  • Systems Engineer
  • Test Manager

INPUTS

• Build
• Test Results
• Configuration Audit Results
• Deployment Instructions (within the Product Integration Plan)

ENTRY CRITERIA

• Environments, as identified in the projects Product Integration Plan (PIP), are configured and available to support deployment of builds.

  Environments could include:

  • Customer’s pre-production Sandbox/Test environment
  • Customer’s pre-production Staging/Integration environment
  • Customer’s Production environment

• Documented deployment or installation instructions ready for use to successfully deploy a Build .

SUB-ACTIVITIES

1. Deploy Build to Customer’s Pre-Production (Sandbox/Test or Staging/Integration) Environment

   • Identify the correct environment, as defined in the project’s PIP.
   • Verify and update the deployment or installation instructions, as needed.
   • Deploy the build using the project’s deployment or installation instructions.
   • Troubleshoot any problems with the deployment to determine if a new build is necessary.

2. Conduct Testing on Customer’s Pre-Production (Sandbox/Test or Staging/Integration) Environment

   • Determine if the build is acceptable using verification procedures defined within the project’s PIP.
   • Record and communicate test findings as defined within the project’s team procedures.

3. Approve and Promote Build to Production Environment

   • Review configuration audit results to determine if the build is acceptable and ready to be deployed to the production environment.

     • Communicate configuration issues to appropriate stakeholders, per the project’s team procedures.

4. Deploy Approved Build to Production Environment

   • Identify the correct production environment as established in the PIP.
   • Deploy the build using the project’s deployment or installation instructions.
   • Troubleshoot any problems with the deployment to determine if a new build is necessary.

5. Conduct Testing on Production Environment

   • Determine if the build is acceptable using verification procedures defined within the project’s PIP.
   • Record and communicate test findings as defined within the project’s team procedures.

6. Collect Metrics

   • Collect metrics in a manner that supports historical data analysis:
     • Record variances between actual deployment date and the planned deployment date.
   • Document in the team procedures where the data is stored.

OUTPUTS

• Newly deployed product version
• Up to date deployment/installation instructions
• Test Results
• Deployment Metrics

EXIT CRITERIA

• New product version (increment) successfully deployed and verified/validated on a customer production environment.

NEXT ACTIVITY

Close Release Plan

SEE ALSO

Plan Deployment

Process Guidance Version: 10.4