Change and Release Management
7 articles on Change and Release Management, newest first.
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The Purpose of Operational Change Management
Operational change management enables beneficial change while balancing value, risk, readiness, scheduling and service stability.
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Standard Normal and Emergency Changes
Change types should determine proportionate controls, evidence and authority so governance is both fast and safe.
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Making the Change Advisory Board Effective
A CAB should improve risk and scheduling decisions for relevant changes, not act as a universal approval meeting.
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Using a Change Schedule to Protect Services
A shared change schedule exposes collisions, resource constraints, business events and cumulative risk before implementation.
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Designing an Effective Release Policy
A release policy provides consistent rules for scope, packaging, frequency, evidence, authority, traceability and early-life support.
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Release Versus Deployment
Release makes a service or feature available for use; deployment moves components into an environment, and the two moments may differ.
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Choosing a Deployment Strategy
Deployment strategy should reflect risk, reversibility, architecture, user impact, support capacity and the evidence needed to proceed.