IT Release Management

Release Management andProject Management: Kissing Cousins ◾ 43

◾ Quality—e pinnacle of the pyramid is where the release process and the

project process are in alignment. e results of this alignment include reduced

cost of the delivery of the release, quality on-time delivery, and the business’s

ability to achieve their goals and objectives. ese benets result in happier

customers.

Concept Review

Release and project management are commonly confused as the same process with

the same deliverables. Not understanding the dierences and similarities between

the two processes causes many organizations to either not implement release man-

agement processes or to try to merge release management principals into the project

management process. is c ...