• Release Models

• Release Management Process Owner

• Release Management Process Owner
• Release Manager

• Assess Process Framework
• Assign Process Responsibilities to Organizations
• Audit Process
• Communicate and Deploy Framework
• Create Project Proposals
• Define Measurements and Controls
• Define Process Policies, Standards, and Conceptual Models
• Determine Process Data Requirements
• Determine Process Procedures
• Determine Process Relationships to Other Processes
• Establish Master Release Calendar
• Identify Process Roles and Responsibilities

• Assign Process Responsibilities to Organizations
• Communicate and Deploy Framework
• Define Measurements and Controls
• Define Process Policies, Standards, and Conceptual Models
• Determine Process Data Requirements
• Determine Process Procedures
• Determine Process Relationships to Other Processes
• Establish Master Release Calendar
• Identify Process Roles and Responsibilities
• Specify Process Purpose, Scope, Goals, and Capabilities

This framework describes:

• Types of releases
• Naming and other release conventions
• Release policies and procedures
• Definitive Media Library (DML) specifications
• Roles and responsibilities
• Scheduling policies
• Process review schedule.

This framework provides governance information for the other activities in Release Management.

Process Rationale and Direction

• Process Purpose
• Process Scope
• Process Goals
• Process Capabilities

Process Management Information

• Process Policies
• Process Standards
• Process Conceptual Models

Process Details

• Data Requirements
• Tools
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Procedures
• Relationships to Other Processes
• Measurements and Controls

• Process Framework