1. 5 Steps for Effective
Release Management
Proof of concept

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5. 1 Establishing a single
source of truth
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6. When orchestrating a global application release, create
a single source of truth that will update in real time.
doing so will coordinate all parties responsible for the
release and provide visibility and traceability into who
created what, and when.
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7. When orchestrating a global application release, create
a single source of truth that will update in real time
Doing so will coordinate all parties responsible for the
release and provide visibility and traceability into who
created what, and when.
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8. 2 Automate painful
tasks
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9. Automate as much of the deployment process as you can.
Automation provides a secure and successful way to
complete steps crucial to deployment of applications.
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10. Automation provides a secure and successful way to
complete steps crucial to deployment of applications.
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11. Make
3 “what is where”
visible
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13. Not knowing what is on a machine, or an environment,
is exceptionally risky.
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14. Make
4 certifications and
approvals visible
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15. Define quality gates to establish minimum entrance
requirements to an environment.
Certifications and approvals ensure quality
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16. Certifications and approvals ensure quality.
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17. Make the
5 release plan
easy to consume
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18. A plan that is too hard to understand will largely be
ignored.
A release plan that can be edited on the fly, and easily
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19. A release plan that can be edited on the fly, and easily
understood, makes it obvious to everyone what the
impact of the change is.
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20. Companies can ease the pains
of deployments by implementing
release management
practices into their
deployments.
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