Release Management phases

The Release Management category includes seven phases, which follows the recommended Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) process by providing you with a set of approvals and tasks that you can expand.

Phase Description
Assess Determine the importance or value of a release.
Plan and design Plan releases in line with requirements resulting from approved changes. Analyze all the affected Configuration Items (CIs) and CI Groups, review what software or hardware is needed to accomplish the plan, and determine the cost. This phase requires the plan and design approval before going to the next step.
Build and test Build effective release packages for the deployment of one or many changes into production.
Test release mechanisms to ensure minimum disruption to the production environment.
Training Identify and fulfill training requirements for various users. This phase is optional and is activated when you select high Impact Assessment and high Urgency for the release change.
Distribution and rollout The introduction of either a hardware or software release into the IT environment.
Back out A plan detailing how a specific release can be undone after being applied, if deemed necessary.
Verification Review preparation for the release to ensure maximum successful deployments.

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Release Management
Release Management: Assess phase
Release Management: Plan and design phase
Release Management: Build and test phase
Release Management: Training phase
Release Management: Distribution and rollout phase
Release Management: Backout phase
Release Management: Verification phase
Terminating a release change

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Create a new change with a Release Management category