Doug Whitney, McAfee
Releasing software. How do you know when you are done? There are several items that can be added to a release checklist, but that last one may take so long that it delays shipment. Did you do the legal check? Have you completed an internal deployment? The release criteria apply to project management, program management, development, quality assurance, publications, localizations and support. It happens throughout the entire lifecycle and should not wait until the project moves into the final testing phases. There are also methodologies that go beyond the release itself, like, internal deployments, phasing out the release to a small set of customers, and product supportability. There are many more questions and we will never get it perfect, but the aim of this paper is to help you to find out what you can do to enhance the release process for you.
Doug Whitney, 2011 Technical Paper, Abstract, Paper
