Summary

Now that we have arrived at the end of this chapter let’s quickly revisit the main takeaways from this lesson. You now know the meaning of release management and its history.

Understanding where you are in your release management process is vital. You should approach this from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. Gathering some fundamental data, such as the average release timings, the kinds and priority of releases, the number of errors, and the number of delayed releases, is an important step in the quantitative analysis process. These are used to determine performance baselines as well as the present state of release management. In terms of the quality of the information, talk to the people who are involved in the release management process, particularly in the areas where development interacts with operations, and find out what their thoughts are. They will be able to point out realities that are not clearly reflected in the data and statistics.

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