Release Management
Release Management
Release Management
Release management is the process of managing, planning, scheduling and controlling a software build
through different stages and environments; including testing and deploying software releases.[1]
Contents
Background
Relationship with Continuous Delivery, DevOps, and Agile software development
Relationship with Enterprise Release Management
Relationship with ITIL/ITSM
See also
References
External links
Background
Release management is a relatively new but rapidly growing discipline within software engineering. As
software systems, software development processes, and resources become more distributed, they invariably
become more specialized and complex. Furthermore, software products (especially web applications) are
typically in an ongoing cycle of development, testing, and release, often running on evolving platforms with
growing complexity. Such systems require dedicated resources to oversee the integration and flow of
development, testing, deployment, and support.
See also
Application release automation
Build automation
Change management
Configuration management
DevOps
Software testing
Continuous testing
Test plan
DevOps toolchain
WinOps
References
1. Humble, Jez; Farley, David (2011). Continuous Delivery: reliable software releases through
build, test, and deployment automation. Pearson Education Inc. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-321-
60191-9.
2. Ambler, Scott W. (12 February 2014). "We need more Agile IT Now!" (http://www.drdobbs.com/a
rchitecture-and-design/we-need-more-agile-it-now/240169361?queryText=Release%2Bmanag
ement). Dr. Dobb's the World of Software Development. San Francisco: UBM.
3. Humble, Jez; Farley, David (2011). Continuous Delivery: reliable software releases through
build, test, and deployment automation. Pearson Education Inc. pp. 255–257. ISBN 978-0-321-
60191-9.
4. Best Practices in Change, Configuration and Release Management (Report). Gartner. 14 July
2010.
5. "ITIL Release and Deployment Management" (http://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Rel
ease_and_Deployment_Management). IT Process Maps. Germany: Stefan and Andrea
Kempter. 15 May 2016.
6. Murphy, Vawns (2 Feb 2016). "Change vs Release Management" (http://www.theitsmreview.co
m/2016/02/change-release-management/). The ITSM Review. UK: Enterprise Opinions
Limited.
7. "ITIL/ITSM Release Management Practices" (http://electric-cloud.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.acti
on?pageId=2293943). Release Management Wiki. USA: Electric Cloud.
External links
Project Management: Best Practices for IT Professionals (https://books.google.com/books?id=
BR9ppkdnIrQC&pg=PA193&dq=%22release+manager%22), p. 193, at Google Books
Release Management - Where to Start? (http://www.itsmwatch.com/itil/article.php/3680776)
Release and Deployment Management in the ITIL Framework (http://wiki.en.it-processmaps.co
m/index.php/Release_and_Deployment_Management)
Release Management Wiki - Compilation of Current Resources about All Aspects of Release
Management (http://electric-cloud.com/wiki/display/releasemanagement/Release+Managemen
t)
Managing Software Projects (https://books.google.com/books?id=zUTiHzyyDLwC&pg=PT273
&dq=%22release+manager%22) at Google Books
"Current Trends in Release Engineering 2016" - Academic Course by Software Construction
Research Group, RWTH Aachen, Germany (https://www.swc.rwth-aachen.de/course/current-tre
nds-in-release-engineering-2016/)
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